Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry (eBook)

Hardy Limeback BSc, PhD, DDS is Head and Professor of Preventive Dentistry within the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto.

List of Contributors vi

Preface viii

Acknowledgments x

1. A brief introduction to oral diseases: caries, periodontal
disease, and oral cancer 1

Hardy Limeback, Jim Yuan Lai, Grace Bradley, and Colin
Robinson

2. Caries detection and diagnosis 25

Iain A. Pretty

3. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases 43

Jim Yuan Lai

4. Oral cancer 61

Grace Bradley and Iona Leong

5. Evidence-based dentistry 81

Amir Azarpazhooh, David Locker, and Prakeshkumar S. Shah

6. The role of diet in the prevention of dental diseases
99

Paula Moynihan

7. Probiotics and dental caries risk 115

Eva Söderling

8. Mechanical plaque removal 119

Shirley Gutkowski

9. The role of sugar alcohols, xylitol, and chewing gum in
preventing dental diseases 146

Peter Milgrom and Kiet A. Ly

10. Preventing dental disease with chlorhexidine 159

Hardy Limeback and Ross Perry

11. Ozone in the prevention of dental diseases 180

Hardy Limeback and Amir Azarpazhooh

12. Protection of the dentition 195

Hardy Limeback

13. Tooth erosion 211

W. Peter Holbrook

14. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of dentin
hypersensitivity 218

Hardy Limeback

15. Caries risk assessment 233

Ferne Kraglund and Hardy Limeback

16. Fluoride therapy 251

Hardy Limeback and Colin Robinson

17. Dental sealants 283

Hien Ngo and W. Kim Seow

18. Strategies for remineralization 298

Laurence J. Walsh

19. Oral health promotion in infants and preschool age children
313

Gajanan Vishwanath (Kiran) Kulkarni

20. High-risk patients: the frail older adult living in
long-term care homes 330

Mary-Lou van der Horst and Donna Bowes

21. The effective preventive dental team 358

Ann-Marie C. DePalma and Shirley Gutkowski

22. The independent dental hygienist 377

Fran Richardson

Index 388

"Overall, Comprehensive Preventive Dentistrytakes a
very positive approach to exciting options for preventing diseases
and deserves high praise for all it presents. .
.I highly recommend Comprehensive Preventive Dentistryto

dental practitioners and educators, researchers, clinicians,
students of oral diseases, and even those formulating public health
policy." (Fluoride, 1 July 2012)