Maintaining oral health across the life span

Rita Jablonski; Elizabeth Mertz; John D B Featherstone; Terry Fulmer

doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000446872.76779.56

Maintaining oral health across the life span

Nurse Pract. 2014 Jun 15;39(6):39-48. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000446872.76779.56.

Authors

Rita Jablonski¹, Elizabeth Mertz, John D B Featherstone, Terry Fulmer

Affiliation

¹ Rita Jablonski is an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing, Birmingham, Ala. Elizabeth Mertz is an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Calif. John D.B. Featherstone is a dean and professor at the University of California, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, Calif. Terry Fulmer is a dean and professor at Bouvé College of Health Sciences and professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.

PMID: 24841464
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000446872.76779.56

Abstract

Oral health is directly related to systemic health, yet many Americans have limited to no access to dental health professionals. Nurse practitioners are in an excellent position to fill this void by providing caries risk assessments, chemical therapy to prevent progression of caries, and appropriate patient education to prevent caries.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Dental Caries / drug therapy
Dental Caries / nursing*
Dental Caries / prevention & control
Dental Health Services
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Infant
Nurse Practitioners*
Oral Health*
Patient Education as Topic
Primary Care Nursing*
Risk Assessment
United States
Young Adult