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Oral Health Tips for Adults
Oral Health Tips
- Why am I anxious in the dental office?
- Information sheet from the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) on how you and your dentist can relieve dental anxiety.
- Anxiety disorders: Dental implications
- Anxiety disorders are the most frequently found psychiatric problem in the general population. To provide effective dental care, the dentist must be able to identify anxious patients and deal with their anxiety.
- Understanding and Eliminating Bad Breath
- ADHA fact sheet on the causes of bad breath.
- Gum Disease
- Canadian Dental Association (CDA) brochure on gum disease.
- Root Canal Treatment
- CDA brochure on root canal treatment.
- Preventing Cavities, Gum Disease, and Tooth Loss
- Emotional Stress of Anxiety Disorders Contribute to Oral Health Problems
- General Dentistry report on oral health problems associated with anxiety disorders
- Oral Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes
- Brochure from the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) on detecting diabetes or pre-diabetes with the help of your dental care provider.
- Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) brochure on dry mouth and what can be done to relieve it.
- Dental Implants and the Dry Mouth Patient
- Article by James J. Sciubba, D.M.D., Ph.D.
- Dealing with Gum Disease
- Brochure from the ADHA.
- How to Choose a Dentist
- AGD fact sheet on choosing a dentist for you and your family.
- The Importance of Oral Health to Total Health
- ADHA poster on how poor oral health can affect your health in other ways.
- Oral Cancer
- Early detection and how to do an oral cancer self-exam.
- Barry Manilow, Key to Overcoming Dental Anxiety?
- Article from the AGD on ways of reducing dental anxiety.
- Plaque: What it is and how to get rid of it
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research brochure on plaque control.
- Preventing Dental Caries
- CDC fact sheet on public health strategies to reduce tooth decay.
- Tobacco Use and Periodontal Disease
- ADHA brochure.
- Soft Drink Consumption and Dental Caries
- Joint Report of the American Dental Association Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations and Council on Scientific Affairs to the House of Delegates.
- What to Expect from a Dental Hygiene Appointment
- ADHA brochure.
- What is Dry Mouth?
- AGD fact sheet on dry mouth (xerostomia).
- Women and Smoking
- ADHA brochure on the health and oral effects of smoking on women.
Recursos en Español
- ADA En Español
- De la Asociación Dental Americana: preguntas comunes, glosario de términos dentales, y los videos "Minuto Dental."
- El Cuidado de la Boca y los Dientes
- Hoja de datos del Instituto Nacional Sobre el Envejecimiento.
