Oral Health

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) improves children's oral health through communication and collaboration between medical and dental families, making pediatricians and other health professionals an important part of the oral hygiene team I promise.

Through supporters chapter of oral health and oral health, AAP provides education, training and advocacy for pediatricians, dentists, other medical professionals and families.

Nutrition and Oral Health Oral health, eating habits, relationships with nutritional conditions and general health is complex 46,47 Nutritional deficiency affects health of the oral cavity and 48 poor oral health depends on food It influences selection. Lack of vitamins, minerals, protein, calories may damage the immune system 49, so diet and nutrition are related to oral health, especially oral cavity cancer and elderly tooth disease. Food intake of chronically ill patients will be less. Swiss study 51 on elderly hospitalized patients observed the relationship between clinical parameters of malnutrition, serum albumin concentration, indexes related to oral health (tooth status, oral hygiene, mastication function, salinity change rate).

According to the World Oral Health Report, oral health status has been improved considerably in some countries, but there are still oral health problems, especially among the poor people in developing and developed countries. Dental caries and periodontal disease are considered to be the most important diseases in the worldwide oral health problem. Oral diseases can also adversely affect overall health. The quality of life and the ability of individuals to work are also affected. It is reported that antibacterial agents currently used for treating oral health problems cause side effects such as diarrhea and vomiting. Increasing the resistance of bacteria to drugs is also a big problem. Due to deleterious effects, increased bacterial tolerance, and high costs associated with standard treatment procedures, explore new therapeutics and conduct further clinical trials on traditional drugs obtained from various plant sources There is a need.

Oral health is a priority for Americans. In the latest research! In the U.S. opinion poll, 97% of respondents stated that oral health is very important for inevitable or overall health, but oral health is a necessity for many people not being satisfied . Nevertheless, public health policy can not cope with tooth problems (lack of funds for oral health services) well, and it can not cope with various fields (labor, gap, financing and research) and geographically different places Provide multiple opportunities for policy. And jurisdiction