This presentation has been prepared by Habiyakare Theodore, Rwanda registered Dentaltherapist for oral health education use!

1. THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION
HAS BEEN PREPARED BY
HABIYAKARE Theodore,
RWANDA REGISTERED
BDT
WITH HONORS RAHPC
02200415
Phone:+250722509060

2. ONLY THE PROPER ORAL
HYGIENE HELPS US TO PREVENT
ORAL DISEASES!

3. BRUSH YOUR TEETH AT LEAST
TWO TIMES PER DAY!
Morning after
breakfast.
Everning before
bed!
Remember also to
brush your
tongue!

4. PROPER TECHNIQUE OF
BRUSHING OUR TEETH!

5. AFTER BRUSHING, FLOSS
INBETWEEN YOUR TEETH
 Using dental floss
clean carefully in-
between your
teeth where tooth
brush is unable to
reach. It helps to
remove food
debris from the
interproximal
surfaces.

6. POOR ORAL HYGIENE
Dental Caries Periodontal
diseases

7. DENTAL CARIES
Signs*Symptoms:
 Dental cavity!
 Toothache when taking
hot ,cold stuffs and
morning when cold air
enters your mouth!
 Spontaneous pain
which can be
associated with night
sleeplessness!

8. IS TOOTH DECAY TREATABLE?
YES!
1.Filling: Carious tooth
may be simply filled
when the cavity is not
very deep.
Dental filling prevents the
consequences of tooth
loss like:
o Loss of esthetic
o Problem of malnutrition
o Speaking problems
o Loss of self esteem.

9. TOOTH DECAY IS TRETABLE!
2. Special filling called
RCT(Root canal treatment)
which consists of opening
the root canal and remove
nerves, then fill the tooth.
Done when deep part of the
tooth called pulp is affected
by caries.
Expensive and requires
specialists but very
important in avoiding
consequences of tooth loss!

10. DENTAL DECAY TREATABLE!
3. Tooth extraction: Is
the last choice of
treating dental caries
, done when none of
the first options is
possible. Many times
is done when the
patient can not afford
RCT or when there is
no specialist to do
RCT or lack of
instruments,
materials.

11. PERIODONTAL DISEASES
 Periodontal diseases result from
hardening of food debris which
combine with saliva minerals and
form a harden compound called
tartar, this tartar is the house of
millions of bacteria which continue
to attack the periodontal tissues and
destroy them progressively.
Signs and symptoms:
 Gingival bleeding while brushing
and spontaneously when it gets
severe.
 Bad breath known as halitosis.
 Gingival redness swelling.

12. PERIODONTAL DISEASES ARE
TREATABLE:
When are still at
early stage
periodontal diseases
are treatable: Dental
therapist using special
dental instruments
removes the hard
materials on the teeth
and advises the proper
oral hygiene and the
gingiva rebuilds his
shape and recovers the
teeth roots.

13. WHEN PERIODONTAL DISEASES
ARE NOT TREATED EARLY:
 Periodontal diseases
progress and attack
the bone supporting
the teeth and
ligaments and so the
teeth become loose,
at this stage, the
diseases is
irreversible.

14. DO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING SIGNS, SYMPTOMS?
 Persistent bad breath
or halitosis?
 Gingival breeding
during brushing,
spontaneously?
 Swollen gingiva?
 Teeth mobility?
 Your teeth appear
longer than usually?
“Probably, you have
periodontal
diseases!”

15. WHAT CAN I DO IN ORDER TO
PREVENT ORAL DISEASES?
 Brush your teeth at least two
times/day: morning after
breakfast if you take it, or
when you get up if you don’t
take breakfast and evening
before bed using clean water,
tooth brush and toothpaste.
 Remember also to use a
dental floss to remove food
debris between teeth.
 Visit the dentist for check up
at least once per six
months(2times/year).
 Go to dentist directly if you
see any unusual change i in
your mouth.

16. MY MISSION: “TO MAKE
YOUR SMILE ICY!”

17. REFERENCES
NIH Publication No. 13-1142 oral
health, September 2013
www.perio.org , types of gum diseases
UR, CMHS, Dental School, dental
therapy department: Lecturer notes,
periodontal diseases, 2012

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