Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Part 1: Taking Care Of Your Mouth And Teeth: -- Chapter 1: Steps to dental health -- Chapter 2: Anatomy of the mouth -- Chapter 3: Taking care of your teeth: -- 3.1: Preventing tooth decay and gum disease -- 3.2: The use and handling of toothbrushes -- 3.3: The benefits of daily cleaning between teeth -- Chapter 4: Nutrition impacts oral health -- Chapter 5: Fluoride prevents tooth decay: 5.1: The process of tooth decay -- 5.2 Water fluoridation basics -- 5.3: Bottle water and fluoride -- 5.4 -- Private well water and fluoride -- 5.5 Questions about community water fluoridation -- 5.6: Fluoride products for dental care -- Chapter 6: Dental plaque -- Chapter 7: Mouth injuries -- Chapter 8: Oral health for older adults: 8.1 Adult oral health problems -- 8.2: Older adults' oral health: myths and facts -- 8.3 Helping older adults with brushing -- Part II: Visiting your dentist's office: Chapter 9: Routing dental visits and overcoming dental phobia -- Chapter 10: Dental caries (cavities): 10.1: What are dental caries? -- 10.2: Dental caries (cavities) in primary and permanent teeth -- 10.3: Prevalence of total and untreated dental caries among youth -- Chapter 11: Dental imaging -- Chapter 12: Tooth pain -- Chapter 13: Medications used in dentistry -- Chapter 14: Sedation techniques used by dentists -- Chapter 15: Alternatives to dental drills -- Chapter 16: Dental fillings: 16.1: Dental amalgam fillings -- 16.2: Mercury in dental amalgam -- 16.3: Amalgam filling alternatives -- Chapter 17: Rebuilding and reshaping teeth

Chapter 18: Having a tooth pulled -- Chapter 19: Dentures: -- 19.1: What are dentures? -- 19.2: Denture adhesives -- Part III: Dental Care For Infants And Children: -- Chapter 20: Oral health for infants: -- 20-1: Healthy mouth for your baby -- 20-2: Teething -- 20.3: Soothing teething pain and sensory needs in babies -- 20.4: Benzocaine and teething -- 20.5: Using a pacifier -- Chapter 21: Weaning a child from a bottle -- Chapter 22: Routine care for children's teeth: -- 22.1: Finding and visiting a dental clinic with your child -- 22.2. Primary teeth -- 22.3 Keeping children's teeth healthy -- 22.4: Brushing your child's teeth -- Chapter 23: Fluoride consumption during tooth development -- 23.1: Dental fluorosis -- 23-.2: Infant formula and fluorosis -- Chapter 24: Preventing tooth decay in children: -- 24.1: Prevalence of dental caries (cavities) in children in the United States -- 24.2: Tooth decay in children -- 24.3: Sugar and tooth decay -- 24.4: Dental sealant FAQs -- Chapter 25: Mouth injuries in children: 25.1: Children and oral injuries -- 25.2: Preventing oral injuries -- Chapter 26: Bruxism -- Chapter 27: Oral conditions in children with special needs. -- Part 4: Orthodontic, Endodontic, Periodontic, And Orofacial Procedures: -- Chapter 28: Orthodontia -- Chapter 29: Endodontic conditions and treatment -- Chapter 30: Periodontal (gum) disease: 30.1: Understanding periodontal disease -- 30.2: Causes and risk factors of gum disease == 30.3: Chronic periodontal infections -- 30.4: Treatment of bum disease -- 30.5: Preventing gum diseases -- 30.6: Periodontal disease in seniors (age 65 and over) -- Chapter 31: Dental implants -- Chapter 32: Facial trauma -- Chapter 33: Corrective jaw surgery

Part V: Oral Diseases And Disorders: -- Chapter 34: Amelogenesis imperfecta -- Chapter 35: Bad breath (halitosis) -- Chapter 36: Burning mouth syndrome -- Chapter 37: Cleft lip and cleft palate: -- 37.1: What are craniofacial defects? -- 37.2: Facts about cleft lip and cleft palate -- 37.3: Breastfeeding children with cleft palate -- 37.4: Use of topiramate in pregnancy and risk of oral clefts -- Chapter 38: Dentinogenesis imperfecta -- Chapter 39: Dry mouth disorders: -- 39.1: Dry mouth: an overview -- 39.2: Dialadenitis -- 39.3: Sjogren syndrome -- Chapter 40: Jaw problems: -- 40.1: Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders -- 40.2: Osteonecrosis and jaw pain -- Chapter 41: Leukoplakia -- Chapter 42: Mouth sores: -- Chapter 43: Oral allergy syndrome -- Chapter 44: Oral cancer: -- 44-1: What you need to know about oral cancer -- 44-2: Smokeless tobacco's connection to cancer -- Chapter 45: Taste disorders -- Chapter 46: Thrush (oropharyngeal candidiasis) -- Chapter 47: Tongue disorders: -- 47-1: Giant tongue (macroglossia) -- 47.2: Tongue tie (ankyloglossia) -- Chapter 48: Cancer treatment and oral complications -- 48.1: Three good reasons to see a dentist before cancer treatment -- 48.2: Chemotherapy and your mouth -- 48.3: Head and neck radiation treatment and your mouth -- 48.4: What the dental team can do -- Chapter 49: Celiac disease and dental enamel defects -- Chapter 50: Diabetes and oral health -- Chapter 51: Disabilities and oral care: -- Section 51.1: Special care in oral health -- 51.2: Practical oral care for people with autism -- Section 51.3: Practical oral care for people with cerebral palsy -- Section 51.4: Practical oral care for people with developmental disabilities -- Section 51.5: Practical oral care for people with down syndrome -- Section 51.6: Practical oral care for people with intellectual disability -- Section 51.7: Dental care steps for people with disability -- Chapter 52: Eating disorders and oral health -- Chapter 53: Heart disease patients, anticoagulants, and dental care -- Chapter 54: Immune system disorders and oral health: -- 54.1: Latex allergy and dental treatment -- 54.2: Mouth problems with Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Chapter: 55: Meth (Methamphetamine) mouth -- Chapter 56: Organ transplantation and oral health management

Chapter 57: Osteoporosis affects bones and teeth -- 57.1: Oral health and bone disease -- 57.2: Osteogenesis imperfecta -- Chapter 58: Pregnancy and oral health -- Chapter 59: Tobacco use-associated oral changes -- 59.1: tobacco use and oral cancer -- 59.2: Gum disease, tooth loss, and smoking -- Chapter 60: Mouth microbes: the helpful and the harmful -- Part 7: Finding And Financing Oral Health In The United States: -- Chapter 61: Access to oral health care: -- 61.1: Oral health status and interventions program 61.2: Disparities in oral health -- Chapter 62: Expenditures and financing of oral health care -- 62.1: Heath-related expenditures: an overview -- 62.2: Dental coverage in the marketplace -- Chapter 63: Head start programs -- Chapter 64: Dental sealants at school-based services -- Chapter 65: Finding low-cost dental care -- Part VIII: Additional Help And Information: -- Chapter 66: Glossary of terms related to dental care and oral health -- Chapter 67: Directory of local dental schools -- Chapter 68: Directory of organizations that provide information about dental care and oral health resources -- Index.