PORTAL MyHEALTH Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
Brushing Baby’s Teeth: How To Get Started
it’s a good idea to get the habit of wiping his gums with gauze or a soft washcloth after every feed or during bath time.
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Topical Fluoride Application
Fluoride helps to prevent caries during the remineralization and demineralization processes.
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Care For Facial Wounds
Facial injuries usually occur in an accident involving motor vehicles, assault from human or animals, burn, explosion or gun shot. Routine activity such as climbing, sports, operating machines, handling sharp or heavy instruments can also contributes to the facial injuries.
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Oral Care Following Treatment Of Fractured Jaws
The treatment for fractured jaws includes open reduction and close reduction of fracture. Open reduction involves surgery under general aneasthesia.
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Oral Hygiene Practices For Oral Cancer Patients
Visit your dentist before commencing cancer treatment. If you are seeing a new dentist make sure you provide your health history and treatment received before starting any dental procedures so that appropriate actions to prevent complications can be taken.
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How Quit Smoking Can Improve Your Oral Health
Current study suggested that smoking suppresses the immune system, leaving gums prone to infection. In fact, research has shown that smokers were more than 50 percent more likely to develop gum disease than non-smokers.
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Intellectual Disabilities and Oral Care
Introduction Before addressing this topic in great details, you may wonder what does it mean by intellectual disability and how would it be related to oral or dental care? Another term which is often used to explain this condition is mental retardation or learning disability. Subsequently, you would relate it …
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Pay Extra Attention To Home Care If You Are Wearing Braces
Introduction Orthodontic treatment usually involves wearing of braces (removable or fixed) to improve the appearance of your teeth and face as well as the function. Since your brace treatment usually takes a long time to complete, you will need to pay extra attention on oral hygiene at home. This is …
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How To Maintain Your Crown & Bridges
A crown (cap) is a type of dental restoration which completely caps or encircles a tooth or dental implant, restoring it to its original shape and size, or to the desired shape, size and shade/colour.
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Home Care Following Oral Surgical Procedures
Surgery involving the oral cavity needs great attention and care especially in view of the post operative care and comfort of the patient. Procedures such as teeth extraction, surgical removal of impacted teeth, preprosthetic dental surgery and dental implantology are considered as minor oral surgical procedures which can be performed …
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