PDF: Adolescent Oral Health Care - AAPD
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes that the adolescent patient has unique needs. This best practice addresses these unique needs and proposes general recommendations for their management.
The dental practitioner needs to assure the adolescent patient
of trust and confidentiality in certain situations. If the parent
is unable to provide adequate details regarding a patient’s
medical history, consultation with the medical health care
provider may be indicated.
Adolescence marks a period of significant caries activity for
many individuals. Research suggests that the overall caries
rate is declining, yet remains highest during adolescence.
Adolescence can be a time of heightened caries
activity and periodontal disease due to an increased intake of
cariogenic substances and inattention to oral hygiene procedures.
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Adolescence can be a critical period for the human being’s
periodontal status. Epidemiologic and immunologic data suggest that irreversible tissue damage from periodontal disease
begins in late adolescence and early adulthood.
Gingival
disease becomes prevalent in adolescence. Dental caries,
mouthbreathing, crowding, and eruption of teeth predispose
adolescents to gingivitis.
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