Oral health care

The issues related to maintaining good dental and oral hygiene are very old, if it is true that as early as 1000, Abulqasis, a surgeon Arab Cordoba has devoted many pages of his medical encyclopedia dental art. In these pages, Abulqasis described the methods of extraction of teeth, removal of tartar and the role of oral hygiene that is not too far from main recommendations of modern dentistry.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the rapid changes in lifestyle, which led in many countries the spread of diets rich in sugars and high consumption of alcohol and tobacco, are the cause of many chronic health conditions. These behaviors become particularly crucial in dental health, which would be a major public health problem for high prevalence in every region of the world and the fact that, like many other diseases, the main load weighs especially on most disadvantaged populations. Yet dental health is improving visibly in many countries. In the lead, the present generation probably will be the first to maintain, in most cases, their natural teeth until the end of his life, thanks to the spread and use of water rich in fluoride and toothpaste. It 'important to emphasize, as WHO and CDC, which have good oral health is much more that having healthy teeth: This is indeed a condition that strongly influence the whole state of health and welfare of the person and that may have also very heavy impact on the daily lives of individuals. 
Borne diseases of the oral cavity may be very different from certain causes and distinct from caries (bacterial infection in the teeth) that can cause sore teeth of different entities to the formation of plaque and tartar (bacterial depositions), from gingivitis and parodontiti the traumatic lesions of the mucous membranes and / or inflammation (irritation and wounds caused by prosthesis, training and after ulcers on tissues of the mouth caused by Herpes), problems with the joints of the jaw or other malfunctions and craniofacial deformities (such as the lip leporine and slotted the palate) to cancer of the mouth or throat (pharynx).