Mouth Care (Oral Hygiene) for Care Providers for Dependent Adults

Video Learning Modules

• Mouth Health and Healthy Aging - the importance of mouth care and the links between oral and general health
• Supporting Daily Mouth Care for Older Adults - discussion of skills for daily mouth care including tooth brushing techniques to help others clean their teeth
• Supporting Denture Care for Older Adults - looks at key denture care concepts
• Managing Care Responsive Behavior -  understand and manage challenging resident behaviours to reduce the stress of daily mouth care
• Observing for Changes; the Healthy Mouth - learn to distinguish a healthy mouth and unhealthy changes to tailor your assistance for daily mouth care
• Observing for Oral Health Changes - discusses unhealthy mouth conditions, residents behaviours and oral health, as well as triggers for referral to dental care.
• Observing for Oral Health Changes: Additional Information - looks at additional, less common oral health conditions that may be observed
• Mouth Care Planning - information for nursing professionals on developing a mouth care plan using the disablement process

Video Demonstration Modules

• Denture Care - review of basic denture and mouth care for resident without teeth
• Denture Care and Implants - live demonstration of care and maintenance for dentures, implants and tissues of the mouth
• Tooth Brushing Techniques - basic toothbrushing for residents
• Tooth Brushing with Modified Mouth Care Protocol - modified brushing techniques for concerns like swallowing and choking
• Tooth Brushing with Care Responsive Behaviors - learn a variety of mouth care skills for challenging situations along with reasons why residents respond to having their teeth brushed

• Bugs & Drugs for Dental Infections
• Talking to Your Patients about HPV Vaccine – for Healthcare Providers

Policy

• Oral Hygiene Policy Alberta Health Services

Standards

• Continuing Care Health Service Standards Alberta Health
• Continuing Care Health Service Standards - Information Guide Alberta Health

• Population Health Approach: the Organizing Framework - PHAC
• Dental Public Health Core Competencies

• Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services - Water Fluoridation Position Statement
• Canadian Dental Association (CDA) - Position Statements
• Canadian Association of Public Health Dental (CAPHD) - Position Statements
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) - Position Statement Oral Health Care for Children

Alberta

• Alberta College of Dental Hygienists
• Alberta Dental Association + College
• College of Alberta Dental Assistants

Canada

• Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry
• Canadian Dental Assistants Association
• Canadian Dental Association
• Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
• Office of the Chief Dental Officer Public Health Agency of Canada - Contact
  Dr. James Taylor, Chief Dental Officer

• Accelerating Action on Oral Health and NCD: achieving an integrated response
• Access to Care (health equity) Network for Canadian Oral Health Research (video)
• Equity in children’s dental caries before and after cessation of community water fluoridation: differential impact by dental insurance status and geographic material deprivation (ext)
• Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable People Living in Canada
• Health Trends
  • ED visits for toothaches
  • Material Deprivation and Quality of Health
  • Sugar sweetened beverages
  • Measuring the short-term impact of fluoridation cessation on dental caries in Grade 2 children using tooth surface indices
• Redirecting public oral health fluoride varnish intervention to low socio-economic status children in Alberta
• World Dental Federation
  • Oral Health for an Aging Population
  • Road Map for Healthy Aging
• WHO: Oral Health Facts

Fluoride Toothpaste

• Fluoride Toothpaste Use for Young Children
• Fluoride Toothpaste Efficacy and Safety in Children Younger than 6 Years – a systematic

Fluoride Varnish

• Fluoride Varnish in the Prevention of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review
• Fluoride varnishes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents: Cochrane Review 2013

Dental Sealants

• Sealants for preventing dental decay in the permanent teeth: Cochrane Review 2013l
• Vital Signs: Dental Sealant Use and Untreated Tooth Decay Among U.S. School-Aged Children: CDC MMWR 2016
• Sealants versus fluoride varnish – which is better for preventing decay in children’s teeth? Cochrane Oral Health Group 2016

Older Adults

• Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Education for nursing home staff and or residents to improve residents’ oral health