Oral Health Care - Prosthodontics, Periodontology, Biology, [etc., ]

382 Pages·2012·20.484 MB·English

by  M. Virdi

ORAL HEALTH CARE –
PROSTHODONTICS,
PERIODONTOLOGY,
BIOLOGY, RESEARCH AND
SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS

Edited by Mandeep Singh Virdi
Oral Health Care – Prosthodontics, Periodontology, Biology, Research
and Systemic Conditions
Edited by Mandeep Singh Virdi

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First published February, 2012
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Oral Health Care – Prosthodontics, Periodontology, Biology, Research and Systemic
Conditions, Edited by Mandeep Singh Virdi
p. cm.
ISBN 978-953-51-0040-9

Contents

Preface IX
Part 1 Geriatric Dentistry and Prosthodontics 1
Chapter 1 Relationship Between Chewing and Swallowing Functions
and Health-Related Quality of Life 3
Hiroko Miura, Shuichi Hara, Kiyoko Yamasaki and Yoshie Usui
Chapter 2 Residual Ridge Resorption – Revisited 15
Derek D’Souza
Chapter 3 Improvement of Patient’s Satisfaction and
Oral Health-Related Quality of Life by the Implant and
Prosthodontic Treatment 25
Nikola Petricevic, Asja Celebic and Ksenija Rener-Sitar
Chapter 4 Association Between Tooth Loss
and Cancer Mortality in Elderly Individuals 53
Toshihiro Ansai and Yutaka Takata
Chapter 5 Geriatric Oral Health – Appreciating and
Addressing It with a Team Approach 67
Mun Loke Wong and Hilary P. Thean
Chapter 6 Research and Clinical Applications
of Facial Analysis in Dentistry 77
Barbara de Lima Lucas, Roberto Bernardino Júnior,
Luiz Carlos Gonçalves, Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião
and Vanderlei Luiz Gomes
Part 2 Periodontology and Oral Biology 95
Chapter 7 Clinical and Histological Evaluation of
Barberry Gel on Periodontal Inflammation 97
Abbas Makarem, Amir Moeintaghavi, Hossein Orafaei,
Mahboube Shabzendedar and Iman Parissay
VI Contents

Chapter 8 Periodontal Disease and Carotid Atherosclerosis:
Mechanisms of the Association 109
Maria Serena De Franceschi, Leonzio Fortunato, Claudio Carallo,
Cesare Tripolino, Concetta Irace, Michele Figliuzzi,
Antonio Crispino and Agostino Gnasso
Chapter 9 Relationship Between
Oral Malodor and Oral Microbiota 121
Nao Suzuki, Masahiro Yoneda and Takao Hirofuji
Chapter 10 Oral Health and Nutrition 131
Sudeshni Naidoo
Chapter 11 Use of Polyols in Oral Biology Research 143
Kauko K. Mäkinen
Chapter 12 Virulence Mechanisms of Leukotoxin from
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans 165
Anders Johansson and Sotos Kalfas
Chapter 13 Transformation of Nitrite and Nitric Oxide
Produced by Oral Bacteria to Reactive Nitrogen Oxide
Species in the Oral Cavity 193
Umeo Takahama and Sachiko Hirota
Part 3 Research in Oral Health and Systemic Conditions 205
Chapter 14 Dentists and Preventive Oral Health Care 207
Hadi Ghasemi
Chapter 15 Inequality of Oral Health in a Life-Course Perspective 233
Dorthe Holst and Annemarie A. Schuller
Chapter 16 The Role of the Oral Health Therapist in the Provision
of Oral Health Care to Patients Across All Ages 249
Hanny Calache and Matthew Hopcraft
Chapter 17 Oral Health & HIV 271
Sudeshni Naidoo
Chapter 18 Oral Health of People with Psychiatric Disorders 287
Lin-Yang Chi and Kuan-Yu Chu
Chapter 19 Structural Changes on Human Dental Enamel
Treated with Er:YAG, CO Lasers and
2
Remineralizing Solution: EDS Analysis 299
Rosalía Contreras-Bulnes, Oscar Fernando Olea-Mejía,
Laura Emma Rodríguez-Vilchis, Rogelio José Scougall-Vilchis
and Claudia Centeno-Pedraza
Contents VII

Chapter 20 Indigenous Australians and Oral Health 319
Madeline Shearer and Lisa Jamieson
Chapter 21 Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude
and Practices of Parents/Caregivers 341
Suttatip Kamolmatyakul
Chapter 22 Systemic Methods of Fluoride
and the Risk for Dental Fluorosis 357
Consuelo Fernanda Macedo de Souza, José Ferreira Lima Júnior,
Maria Soraya P. Franco Adriano and Fabio Correia Sampaio

Preface

Oral Health Care, commonly referred to as Dentistry, is the branch of medicine that is
involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and
conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and the adjacent and associated
structures, and their impact on the human body. Oral Health Care is considered
necessary for overall health.
The present work is a companion book of Oral Health Care - Pediatric, Research,
Epidemiology and Clinical Practices and is aimed at completing the whole range of
Oral Health Care. These books are using the internet, information technology’s most
potent tool, for its storage, retrieval, and dissemination amongst its target audience of
general practitioners, academicians, and research scholars of Oral Health Care Sciences
and Practices.
InTech-Open Access Publisher took the initiative in organizing the publication of this
book and its companion book, and to make it available on the internet with free access
to all those who may be interested in the subject.
The book has contributions from specialists in various subjects of Oral Health Sciences,
and is divided into four chapters, namely geriatric dentistry and prosthodontics,
periodontology and oral biology, research in oral health, and systemic conditions.
We expect the present work to be accepted as a reference material and initiator of
research in the areas covered, as it traces developments on the specific issues and
reflects the trend of current research.
The editor wishes to thank all specialist contributors and Publishing Process Manager
Ms Irena Voric of InTech for their contributions without which this book would not
have been possible. It will not be out of place to acknowledge with gratitude the
contribution of my family, who were kind enough to bear with me during the process
of developing this book.
Mandeep Singh Virdi
Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry,
PDM Dental College and Research Institute, Bahadurgarh, HR
India