Innovations in Preventive Dentistry

• Caries
• Periodontitis
• Fluoride
• Nutrition
• Oral Hygiene
• Flossing
• Toothbrushing
• Healthy Oral Behaviors
• Fissure Sealing
• Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics
• Silver Fluorides
• Self-Assembling Peptides
• Nonrestorative Cavity Control
• Prevention and Prophylaxis in Orthodontics
• Elderly and Medically Compromised Patients

Preventive dentistry is a constantly changing and developing field: As new research emerges, some practices that had once been revolutionary are abandoned, while others continue to withstand the test of time. This book relies on a solid evidence base and instructs readers on how this can be translated into clinical dental practice—what changes should be made to how we practice and why they should be made. Topics include caries and periodontal disease, orthodontic problems, diagnostic approaches, diet and oral health, oral hygiene, oral disease patterns, caries treatment, fluoride guidelines, risk management, sealants, and probiotics. This book will help clinicians to provide their patients with the best care possible based on evidence-based and clinically proven methods that are relevant today.