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Many of us have tendency to treat the tooth problems as minor. We ignore the fact that since mouth is the gateway to the body, good health begins with good teeth. A decay or infection therein can lead to a variety of ailments -sometimes even serious ones like pyorrhoea or oral cancer.
This book helps you to get wiser about dental care and oral hygiene. Written by an eminent dentist, it details each and every aspect of the subject :
1. From the milk teeth of the baby, the misshaped teeth
2. Orthodontics, teething troubles, thumb sucking & lip biting habits
3. Toothache & cavities, treatment for different types of teeth problem
4. Gum diseases, brushing techniques, methods of using floss, jaw correction
5. Oral lesions, oral cancer and the nutrition for healthy teeth and vitamin therapy.
The book also refers to common myths about dental problem and offers the correct perspective. The content is rounded off by a list of common Dos & Don’ts of teeth and gums, and a glossary of the common dental terms. |
| Born in Indore (M.P,),Dr. Vijay Tare is highly qualified Dental-surgeon. He post-graduated from Bombay University and during his illustrious career as a dental surgeon, he has attended several National and International conferences. He has been practising dentistry for the last 35 years. 'Dental care and Oral Hygiene' written by him has skillfully presented the finer points of oral hygiene. It is a useful guide for all those keen on the preservation of dental health. |
I : INTRODUCTION :
1. What are the Functions of Teeth
2. Responsibility of a Dentist
3. What is Dentistry?
4. What is the Role of a Dentist?
5. Dental Horoscope
6. Anatomy of a Tooth
7. The Location and Structure of the Teeth
II : PREGNANCY & TEETH-MOTHERHOOD & BABY CARE :
1. Pregnancy
2. The New Baby
3. Feeding Your Child
4. Why Look After the Baby Teeth?
5. The Child's Food
6. When to Start Visits to the Dentist
7. Making the First Appointment
8. The Pattern of the First Visit
9. Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
10. The Handicapped Child
11. Orthodontics
12. Foods to Avoid While Wearing Orthodontic Appliances
13. Appearance of Teeth
14. Let us Hope
15. What is the Purpose of Milk Teeth?
16. Why we Have Two Sets of Teeth?
17. I Have no Pain in Teeth
18. Pleasant Beginning
19. Teething Troubles
20. Causes
21. Mum : What About my Coke and Chocolates?
22. Thumb Sucking
23. Lip Biting
24. Mouth Breathing Habit
25. Tongue Thrust Habit
26. Mouth Protectors
27. Treatment of Crowded Teeth
28. ECC (Early Childhood Caries)
III : DENTAL PAIN :
1. Toothache
2. Facial Pain
3. What is Caries
4. How Caries Develop
5. Who Gets Cavities
6. The Role of Dentist in Caries
7. Treatment
8. The Goal of Treatment
9. Wisdom Tooth
10. X-rays of the Teeth
11. An Unknown Factor
IV : DISEASE OF GUM :
1. What is Gum-disease
2. How Gum Disease Starts?
3. Causes of Gum Disease
4. What are the Risk Factors?
5. A Mystery?
6. Balance
7. Precaution to be Taken in Disease of Gum
8. The Dental Cause
9. Treatment
10. Bleeding from Oral Cavity
11. Twin Brothers
V : PLAQUE (TARTAR) CONTROL :
1. What is it?
2. Brushing
3. Powered Toothbrushes
4. "Does it Matter so Much Uncle?"
5. How Should I Know This Brush is Damaging?
6. Brushing Technique
7. Junior Brush
8. Principles of Brushing
9. Choosing Toothpaste
10. What is the Floss
11. Mouthwash
VI : FRACTURE OF THE TEETH :
1. Classification of Injury
2. Fracture of Jaws
3. Treatment
4. Mandibular Joint
5. Clicking-jaw
6. Systemic Disease's Effect on Oral Cavity
7. Dentist Guidance & Not the Treatment
VII : ORAL DISEASES :
1. Tooth and Heart
2. Introduction
3. Early Diagnosis of Oral Lesions
4. Causes of Oral Cancer
5. Primary And Secondary Treatment of Oral Cancer
6. Smoking
7. The Salivary Glands
VIII : NUTRITION :
1. Introduction
2. Protein
3. Carbohydrates
4. Cellulose
5. Fat
6. Vitamins
7. Minerals
8. Vitamin Therapy
9. Dental Treatment of Geriatric (Old) Patients
10. Oral Hygiene Instruction
11. Treatment of Dental Disease
12. Recent Advances in Dentistry
13. A Single Tooth can be Permanently Implanted into jaw bone
14. Use of Computer in Dentistry
15. Why Some People Have no Dental Complaints
16. Trees of Life
IX : MYTHS & LEGENDS IN DENTISTRY :
1. Curious Beliefs
2. The Secrets of 32 Teeth
3. Facts, Do's And Don'ts About Teeth & Gums
4. A Word of Advice to Dentists
X : SOME COMMON DENTAL TERMS |
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