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1
Q

How can prevention be divided? paper?

A

SIGN
primary preventon
secondary prevention
tertiary prevention

2
Q

What is primary prevention?

A

placing barriers

between the aetiological agent and the host

3
Q

What is secondary prevention?

A

limit the progression and effect of a disease at as early a stage as possible after onset

4
Q

WHat is tertiary prevention?

A

limiting the extent of disability once a disease

has caused some functional limitation

5
Q

According to SIGN what is the single best predictor of future caries risk?

A

previous caries experience

6
Q

What year was the Vipeholm study carried out in?

A

1945-1953

7
Q

What did the Vipeholm study conclude?

A

association between sugar consumption and dental caries.
It concluded that consumption
of sugary food and drinks both between meals and at meals is associated with a large
caries increment.

8
Q

WHat are the non fluoride preventative methods?

A
diet
OH
FS
Sugar free medicines
Chewing gum
CHX
9
Q

How can dietary sugars be classified?

A

Intrinsic: inside cell wall eg fruit
extrinsic: non milk and milk. NME: fruit juices, recipe sugar, table sugar

10
Q

What did the COMA repsot 1989 state re sugars?

A

caries is positively related to the frequency and amount of NME sugar consumption and NME sugars should be decreased and replaced by starchy and intrinsic sugars

11
Q

WHat does the DBOH toolkit advise re sugars?

A

four times/ day

sugars should be less than 10% f diet

12
Q

What dietary advice should we give to parents?

A
restrict sugar intake to only4 times a day
drink only milk and water
snack on sugar free snacks
avoid fruit juice and pop
nothing to each or drink once brushing
13
Q

Why is selecting non cariogenic food hard?

A

sugar content is not always clear
access to healthy foods difficult esp in socially deprived areas
sugar industry spends a lot of time on advertising
few families stick to three square meals a day
not everyone can cook

14
Q

What can we give to patients to assess diet?

A

diet diary

15
Q

What should we look at on the diet diary?

A

amount of sugar intake
frequency of sugar intakes and sugar snacks
how food and drink are consumed

16
Q

WHat are options for non cariogenic sugar free sweeteners?

A

bulk: sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, Maltitol, lactitol, isomalt, hydrogenated glucose syrup
Intense: Saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame K, thaumatin

17
Q

WHat OH advice should we give to patients?

A

little evidence to show tooth brushing is effective since some plaque is always left behind in the fissures but effectve when used in compbination with fluoride toothpaste

18
Q

at what age should a smear of toothpaste be used?

A

under 2 yrs

19
Q

at what age should a pea sized amount be used?

A

above 2 years

20
Q

what is a fissure sleant?

A

material that is placed into the pits and fissures of teeth in order to prevent development of caries

21
Q

In which pateints should you fissure seal in?

A

children and young people with caries in the primary dentiton and with impairments and gihg caries risk

22
Q

in which teeth should you fissure seal in?

A

those with deep fissures which are susceptible to caries and erupted to allow sufficuent moistire control
if caries in one permanent molar then fissure seal all other molars

23
Q

Which teeth are most commonly fissure sealed?

A

FPM
Palatal pits of permanent laterals
second permanent molars and all premolars

posteriuor teeth in all high risk children

24
Q

What is the technqiue to fissure seal?

A
invetigate stained fissures
isolate tooth
etch with 30-40% phosphoric acid
wash and dry
place fissure sealant and cure fo 20seconds
25
Q

How eefective are fissure sealants at preventing caries?

A

cochrane review
FPM 78% less caries 2 years after occlusally and 60^ less 4 yrs later compared to un sealed molars

Ahovo salronta et al 2008

26
Q

What are the types of fissure sealnts ?

A

opaque and clear

materials: rein, GIC, compomer, FLuoride containing selants

27
Q

When are GIC sealnts useful?

A

high caries rate and temporary solution

partillaly erupted teeth

28
Q

Wat should we do to ensure sugar free medicines are always prescribed?

A

ensure ou write on the prescription

29
Q

Which type of chewing is most effective agasint caries?

A

those that contain xylitol and sorbitol

30
Q

Which is more effective, xylitol or sorbitol?

A

xylitol

31
Q

How effective is CHX in reducing caries?

A

el rinse and past can lead to 46% resduction