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Both caries and periodontal disease, as well as many diseases of the mucous membranes, tongue, and salivary glands, are infectious. If left untreated or inadequately treated, they have profound systemic, as well as local, effects. Maintenance of oral health goes beyond the physiological needs of proper nutritional intake and protection of the oral tissues. It also includes protection against oral sources of systemic infection and encompasses a range of social and psychological attributes. The rising expectations of patients in the pursuit of comfort and esthetics has provided evidence of the oral contribution to quality of life. Oral infections and their sequela account for the major portion of annual dental expenditures.
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Infecções Bacterianas/complicações , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde , Nível de Saúde , Doenças da Boca/microbiologia , Doenças Dentárias/microbiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Infecções Bacterianas/economia , Criança , Doença , Estética Dentária , Humanos , Imunidade nas Mucosas , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças da Boca/economia , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição , Saúde Bucal , Qualidade de Vida , Saliva/imunologia , Saliva/fisiologia , Doenças Dentárias/economiaRESUMO
Both caries and periodontal disease as well as many diseases of the mucous membranes, tongue, and salivary glands are infectious. If left untreated or inadequately treated, they have profound systemic as well as local effects. Maintenance of oral health goes beyond the physiological needs of proper nutritional intake and protection of the oral tissues. It also includes protection against oral sources of systemic infection and encompasses a range of social and psychological attributes. The rising expectations of patients in the pursuit of comfort and esthetics has provided evidence of the oral contribution to quality of life. Oral infections and their sequela account for the major portion of annual dental expenditures.
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Infecção Focal Dentária , Perfil de Impacto da Doença , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans/patogenicidade , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cárie Dentária/epidemiologia , Cárie Dentária/microbiologia , Infecção Focal Dentária/economia , Infecção Focal Dentária/epidemiologia , Infecção Focal Dentária/psicologia , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Periodontite/epidemiologia , Periodontite/microbiologia , Qualidade de Vida , Estomatite Herpética/epidemiologia , Streptococcus mutans/patogenicidade , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Sucralose is a new type of non-caloric, high-intensity sweetener recently approved for use by the U.S. FDA. Its availability may expand the number of palatable, low-sugar foods and beverages currently on the market. A series of studies has been conducted to assess whether sucralose has cariogenic potential. These include an examination of oral bacterial metabolism, experimental caries in animal models, and the effect of sucralose-containing solutions on human plaque pH in situ. The sum of these studies demonstrates that sucralose is non-cariogenic. Sucralose-based sweeteners that contain bulking ingredients, which allow them to pour and measure more like sugar, do have cariogenic potential due to the presence of added fermentable carbohydrate; however, the data suggest that both the currently marketed sucralose granular and packet products are less cariogenic than sugar. Thus, when used to replace sugar, both sucralose and the tested sucralose-based sweeteners may be useful in the dietary management of caries.
