Manual for Oral Care

With a focus on practical clinical information and the advancement of patient quality of life, the authors provide a guide for preventing oral disease, promoting oral health, and maintaining or restoring oral function. This book addresses the basic information needed to ensure the best oral care, including tooth brushing and gargling, caring for dentures, causes of halitosis, considerations for patients with special needs, understanding dental caries and periodontitis, management of gingival bleeding, affects of xerostomia, eating and deglutition disorders, and home oral care.

Contents
Chapter 01. Basic Knowledge
Chapter 02. Tooth Brushing
Chapter 03. Gargling
Chapter 04. Dentures
Chapter 05. Halitosis
Chapter 06. Patients with a disorder or a disease
Chapter 07. Tooth decay (dental caries) and periodontis
Chapter 08. Bleeding
Chapter 09. Xerostomia
Chapter 10. Eating and deglutition disorders
Chapter 11. Home oral care
Chapter 12. others