Oral Health Topics

Oral Health Topics

Explore evidence-based recommendations organized by clinical topics and areas of practice.

15 Topics
Assessment and Care Planning
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Support patient in risk reduction and management.
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Obtain an updated medical, social and dental history and perform an intraoral a…
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For those who are pregnant or think they could become pregnant, the safest appr…
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Behaviour Change
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Act on patient response: • refer people who want to stop smoking to local stop …
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Explain that a combination of behavioural support and varenicline, or short-act…
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Use behaviour change methods with oral hygiene instruction.
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Diet

Recommendations related to diet

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Diet and Nutrition
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Recent Recommendations:
Sugar-containing drinks should be limited and when consumed, should be consumed…
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Dietary advice should focus on reducing the frequency and amount of sugar consu…
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Maintain good dietary practice in line with the Eatwell Guide including avoidin…
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Fissure Sealants
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4 Recommendations
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Recent Recommendations:
Fissure sealants should be monitored regularly and repaired or replaced when ne…
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Resin-based fissure sealants should be used in preference to glass ionomer seal…
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Fissure sealants should be considered for all children on permanent molars as s…
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Fluoride

Recommendations related to fluoride

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Recent Recommendations:
Children at higher risk of developing dental caries may benefit from more frequ…
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All children should have fluoride varnish applied to their teeth at least twice…
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Children should spit out excess toothpaste and not rinse with water after tooth…
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General

Recommendations related to general

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Recent Recommendations:
Assess tooth wear using a validated tool (for example Basic Erosive Wear Examin…
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It’s not recommended to use vital staining, oral cytology or light‐based detect…
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Promote increased consumption of non-starchy vegetables and fruit.
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Interdental Cleaning
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5 Recommendations
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Recent Recommendations:
Advise best methods for self-care plaque control, both toothbrushing and interd…
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Clean around and between implants carefully with interdental aids and toothbrus…
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Assess patient’s preferences for interdental plaque control: • decide on approp…
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Oral Cancer Screening
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Recent Recommendations:
In line with national referral recommendations, patients should be referred on …
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If AUDIT C score is 4 or below, give positive feedback and encourage your patie…
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Oral Hygiene

Recommendations related to oral hygiene

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Patient Education
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Recent Recommendations:
Dental teams should provide anticipatory guidance to parents and carers about p…
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Parents and carers should be given consistent advice on preventing dental carie…
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Prevention
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Recent Recommendations:
Professional tooth cleaning should not be routinely recommended for preventing …
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Children at increased risk of dental caries should be identified early and rece…
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Saliva and Dry Mouth
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Recent Recommendations:
For patients who use medications that cause dry mouth or gingival enlargement: …
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Tobacco

Recommendations related to tobacco

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Toothbrushing
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4 Recommendations
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4 Total
Recent Recommendations:
Assess patient, parent or carer’s preferences for plaque control: • decide on m…
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• use a small toothbrush head, medium texture
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• use a manual or powered toothbrush
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Topic Statistics

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Total Topics

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Active Topics

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Top Topic Count

15

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