oral hygiene: prevention of infection (ms powerpoint)
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Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
How can you keep your smile happy and cavity free?
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Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
All the time, a white sticky film builds up on our teeth. This gets thicker if you don’t brush
your teeth, does anyone know what this is called?
A: Dental Plaque
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Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
Let us take a closer look
Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
Dental Plaque
Tooth Enamel
Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
What do you think is in Dental Plaque?
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A: Bacteria!
Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
There are over 1000 different types of Bacteria which make up Dental plaque, the main one being Streptococcus mutans
These bacteria are ball shaped and usually join to form chains
Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
What do you think plaque bacteria like to eat?
OR
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Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
Yummy!
Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
Can you think of some examples of foods and drinks that contain sugar?•
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Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
What do you think this bacteria does to the tooth after eating it’s sugary food?
Which give you a
toothache
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A: They dissolve the enamel so holes (cavities)appear
Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
How can you get rid of these bacteria?
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Prevention of Infection: Oral Hygiene
Brushing last thing before going to bed and in the
morning with a pea sized amount of fluoride toothpaste
helps remove the plaque and bacteria.After brushing it is important to
spit not rinseto leave some of the fluoride to protect the teeth from the
bacteria