Maintenance of oral health to improve quality of life

9.20 this year "Love Teeth Day" campaign theme is "to maintain oral health, improve the quality of life."

Third national oral health epidemiological survey, the 5-year-old children was 66.0% of deciduous teeth caries, caries in the elderly were 88.1% and 98.4%, periodontal health were 14 .5% and 14.1%, and most did not receive effective treatment. Therefore, to improve public oral health is currently very important public health work. Oral health reflects the health and quality of life is a mirror of the World Health Organization as a human health standard of 10. Has a healthy mouth chewing, pronunciation, and to maintain the role of facial aesthetic coordination. Oral diseases affect the health and quality of life is reflected in the following areas:

1. Oral diseases on oral health.

(1) Oral disease caused by a toothache or tooth loss, resulting in masticatory function of the affected food; (2) pain caused by oral disease, resulting in unilateral chewing habit, a long time will cause asymmetric facial development; (3) early loss of teeth resulting in phase gap at the lack of adjacent teeth shift, resulting in malocclusion, the formation of permanent teeth malocclusion. Deciduous caries if not treated, can cause permanent teeth dysplasia; (4) edentulous lead to loss of masticatory function of the normal physiological stimulation, affected the normal development of the jaw, can cause varying severity of maxillofacial deformities; ( 5) poor oral health and disease can Dental Instruments cause mouth odor; (6) oral cancer can be a direct threat to human life, can cause oral cancer patients often face serious damage.

2. Oral disease on systemic health effects.

Oral diseases will pose a threat to general health, causing and exacerbating a number of systemic diseases.

(1) heart disease. Oral diseases and toxins produced by pathogens can invade the blood, increase or cause subacute endocarditis, coronary heart disease. (2) respiratory diseases. Oral disease and all causes of aspiration pneumonia strong correlation. (3) diabetes. Numerous studies show the incidence of diabetes and periodontal disease share common risk factors, and each other risk factors. In the diabetic population, high incidence of periodontal disease, a serious injury and disease progress more quickly. (4) gastrointestinal diseases. Gastrointestinal ulcers caused by H. pylori, but there are a lot of oral Helicobacter pylori, the drug is easy to clear the stomach of Helicobacter pylori, and Helicobacter pylori in dental plaque is difficult to remove, a bacterial library. (5) and cerebrovascular disease. It is reported that 25% of stroke patients with oral infection. (6) on maternal and fetal effects. The current study has shown that periodontal disease is the cause of low birth weight risk factors. (7) affect growth and development. Chewing function, resulting in partial eclipse and loss of appetite, leading to reduced gastrointestinal absorption, the body of malnutrition, growth and development are affected.

3. Oral diseases on social and economic impact.

Common oral disease in six students in the second, is a serious impact on student attendance, student physical fitness and quality of the important reasons, but also affect adult work and life, an important factor. Oral diseases affect the quality of life is also reflected in the increased economic burden on the high treatment costs on families and the country's economic impact is enormous.