Год выпуска: 2014 Автор: Chaitanya Dev Jain,Rashmi Jain and Safalya kadtane Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 156 ISBN: 9783659573682
Описание
Health is an elusive entity, more than the mere absence of disease and being referred to as quality of life with social, emotional, spiritual and physical functions.A healthy mouth enables an individual to speak, eat and socialize without experiencing active disease,discomfort or embarrassment. A number of lifestyle factors have been related to oral disease occurrence such as individual oral hygiene behavior, dental visiting patterns, use of carbohydrates, particularly sugar use, as well as general lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol use.Healthy teeth and gums are more than just an aesthetic or hygiene issue, it’s a quality of life issue.Principal oral diseases affecting the populations are “dental caries and periodontal diseases” with etiological factors of sugar in the diet and bacterial dental plaque. Most often, lifestyle is understood as discrete behaviors which are linked directly to health outcomes.Lifestyle is closely linked with the socioeconomic, ie; with...
