Dental Health 101 for Educators

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Dental Health 101for Educators
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Warning

• The following material contains
• disturbing pictures of the mouths
• of Ontario residents.
• Viewer discretion is advised.

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Im not a dental professional. Why do I need to
know about teeth?
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Agenda

• Why teeth are relevant to your students
• Why some families are more at risk for dental
  problems
• How to help your students through the dental care
  system

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Why do teeth matter ?

• Teeth are needed for
• Clear speech
• Social interaction
• Self esteem
• Employability
• Eating

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What can go wrong with teeth?
Caries (tooth decay)
Bacteria
Food
Tooth
Decay
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Prevalence of Dental Decay

• Dental decay is the
• most common chronic
• disease of childhood!

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CariesAn Infectious Disease

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• Early Childhood Tooth Decay

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Advanced ECTD
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If Dental Caries are left untreated

• Nerve inflamed (pulpitis) PAIN!!!
• Abscess SWELLING

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Undesirable Outcomes

• pain, infection, loss of function
• affects learning, communication, nutrition, sleep
• lower body weight
• chronic inflammation
• psychological impact
• detrimental impact on the dentition

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Recent Research

• Academic Performance
• UK Study

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Why are dental problems more likely to be seen in
socially deprived populations?
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Why are dental problems more likely to be seen in
socially deprived populations?
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Dental Neglecta critical issue in the larger
child abuse/neglect spectrum
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Neglect of Childs Basic Physical Needs

• Extremely or Moderate Neglectful Conditions
  Personal Hygiene Examples
• Child emits strong mouth odour
• Teeth encrusted with green or brown matter

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Caregiver Response to Childs Physical Health

• A child is in need of protection when
• Inadequate caregiver response to the childs
  physical health care means the caregiver either
  deliberately does not provide or refuses to
  provide or is unavailable or unable to provide
  consent to required medical treatment to cure,
  prevent, or alleviate the childs . . . dental
  problem. An inadequate caregiver response would
  also include those caregivers who consent to the
  treatment but who do not follow through and take
  the actions necessary to provide the treatment.

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Detection and prevention of dental neglect are
essential components in the overall care and
protection of children.
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Prevention Is Key
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Review of Current Government Programs

• What is available for your
• student?
• How to get through the maze.

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In Your Workplace

• Consider what you can
• do to address dental
• issues.
• Vending machines
• Fundraising
• Snack programs
• Food/snack policies

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In Your Community

• Help to raise awareness
• that dental disease is
• still a real problem in
• Ontario.

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In Your Community

• Support projects
• that help to
• decrease poverty in
• Ontario.

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In Your Province

• Lobby the decision
• makers to support
• (and improve)
• programs that
• address dental needs
• in Ontario.

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• Everyone Deserves a
• Pain-Free Smile

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• Portions of this presentation were adapted from
• The State of Connecticut Department of Public
  Health (with permission)
• The work of Dr. B. Carol Janik, Acting Chief,
  Division of Dentistry, Childrens Hospital of
  Eastern Ontario (with Permission) .
• Various photos (used with permission) are from
• Crest www.dentalcare.com
• The Public Health Agency of Canada
• The following Ontario Public Health Agencies
  Brant, Halton, Middlesex-London, Oxford, York
  Region
• Material may not be altered without permission
  from the Ontario Association of Public Health
  Dentistry.