Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion

Alison Chapman, Simon H. Felton

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781119591627
• eBook ISBN: 9781119591702
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Dentistry

The thoroughly revised third edition of a Basic Guide to Oral Health Education and Promotion is an essential guide to help dental nurses prepare for a qualification in Oral Health Education and thereafter practice as an Oral Health Educator. It will help readers confidently educate patients about diseases and conditions that affect the oral cavity, and support their prevention, treatment, and management.

Designed with an accessible layout to enhance learning, this course companion is divided into six sections covering: the structure and functions of the oral cavity; diseases and conditions; disease prevention; effective communication; treating specific patient groups, and oral health promotion and society.

Invaluable to all members of the dental team and other health professionals involved in educating and promoting oral health, this key text:

• Offers a guide for dental nurses taking a post-registration Certificate in Oral Health Education
• Is fully updated to reflect changes in the industry, science, and course syllabus
• Incorporates information on the new classification of periodontal and peri-implant diseases
• Contains new information on topics including dementia, denture advice, and burning mouth syndrome
• Includes an expanded section on promotion

Section 1
Structure and Functions of the Oral Cavity

INTRODUCTION

Part 1 of this book contains one chapter, which looks at the structure and functions of the oral cavity in some detail.

It explores the development of the oral cavity in utero, including cleft lip and palate, the structure of the tooth and its supporting tissues, plus eruption dates for primary and secondary dentitions.

It also includes the functions of the tongue in maintaining oral health and common conditions associated with it, plus the composition and role of saliva in keeping the mouth healthy.

Chapter 1
The oral cavity in health

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Learning outcomes

By the end of this chapter you should be able to:

1. Describe how the oral cavity, jaws, and face develop in utero.
2. Explain the structures and functions of the tissues and fluid of the oral cavity, including teeth, supporting structures, the tongue, and saliva.
3. Distinguish between the different types of cleft lip and cleft palate.
4. List primary and secondary dentition eruption dates.

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INTRODUCTION

Before oral health educators (OHEs) can deliver dental health messages to patients and confidently discuss oral care and disease with them, they will need a basic understanding of how the mouth develops in utero (in the uterus), the anatomy of the oral cavity (Figures 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4), and how the following structures function within it:

• Teeth (including dentition).
• Periodontium (the supporting structure of the tooth).
• Tongue.
• Salivary glands (and saliva).

Figure 1.1 Structure of the oral cavity.

Source: From [1]. Reproduced with permission of Elsevier.

Figure 1.2 A healthy mouth (white person).

Source: [2]. Reproduced with permission of Blackwell.

Figure 1.3 A healthy mouth (black person).

Source: Alison Chapman.

Figure 1.4 A healthy mouth (Asian person).

Source: Alison Chapman.

ORAL EMBRYOLOGY

A basic understanding of the development of the face, oral cavity, and jaws in the embryo and developing foetus will help enable the OHE to discuss with patients certain oral manifestations of conditions that stem from in utero development; notably cleft lip and palate.

An embryo describes the growing organism up to 8 weeks in utero; a foetus describes the growing organism from 8 weeks in utero.

Development of the face

At approximately week 4 in utero (Figure 1.5), the embryo begins to develop five facial processes (or projections), which eventually form the face, oral cavity, palate, and jaws by week 8 [3]:

• Frontonasal process – forms the forehead, nose, and philtrum (groove in upper lip).
• Maxillary process (two projections) – forms the middle face and upper lip.
• Mandibular process (two projections) – forms the mandible (lower jaw) and lower lip.

Figure 1.5 Facial development at 4 weeks in utero.

Source: From [3]. Reproduced with permission of Wiley‐Blackwell.

Development of the palate and nasal cavities

Week 5

The fronto...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Companion Website
• Section 1: Structure and Functions of the Oral Cavity
• Section 2: Diseases and Conditions of the Oral Cavity
• Section 3: Oral Disease Prevention
• Section 4: Delivering Oral Health Messages
• Section 5: Oral Health Target Groups and Case Studies
• Section 6: Oral Health and Society
• Index
• End User License Agreement