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Book SynopsisComprehensive Preventive Dentistry provides one user-friendly resource that brings together information on the scientific basis and clinical practice of all aspects of preventive dentistry.Trade Review“Overall, Comprehensive Preventive Dentistrytakes a very positive approach to exciting options for preventing diseases and deserves high praise for all it presents. . .I highly recommend Comprehensive Preventive Dentistryto dental practitioners and educators, researchers, clinicians, students of oral diseases, and even those formulating public health policy.” (Fluoride, 1 July 2012)Table of ContentsList of Contributors vi Preface viii Acknowledgments x 1. A brief introduction to oral diseases: caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer 1 Hardy Limeback, Jim Yuan Lai, Grace Bradley, and Colin Robinson 2. Caries detection and diagnosis 25 Iain A. Pretty 3. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases 43 Jim Yuan Lai 4. Oral cancer 61 Grace Bradley and Iona Leong 5. Evidence-based dentistry 81 Amir Azarpazhooh, David Locker, and Prakeshkumar S. Shah 6. The role of diet in the prevention of dental diseases 99 Paula Moynihan 7. Probiotics and dental caries risk 115 Eva Söderling 8. Mechanical plaque removal 119 Shirley Gutkowski 9. The role of sugar alcohols, xylitol, and chewing gum in preventing dental diseases 146 Peter Milgrom and Kiet A. Ly 10. Preventing dental disease with chlorhexidine 159 Hardy Limeback and Ross Perry 11. Ozone in the prevention of dental diseases 180 Hardy Limeback and Amir Azarpazhooh 12. Protection of the dentition 195 Hardy Limeback 13. Tooth erosion 211 W. Peter Holbrook 14. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of dentin hypersensitivity 218 Hardy Limeback 15. Caries risk assessment 233 Ferne Kraglund and Hardy Limeback 16. Fluoride therapy 251 Hardy Limeback and Colin Robinson 17. Dental sealants 283 Hien Ngo and W. Kim Seow 18. Strategies for remineralization 298 Laurence J. Walsh 19. Oral health promotion in infants and preschool age children 313 Gajanan Vishwanath (Kiran) Kulkarni 20. High-risk patients: the frail older adult living in long-term care homes 330 Mary-Lou van der Horst and Donna Bowes 21. The effective preventive dental team 358 Ann-Marie C. DePalma and Shirley Gutkowski 22. The independent dental hygienist 377 Fran Richardson Index 388

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