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Oral Bacteria Diversity Linked to Oral Hygiene Habits

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

1 The risk factors for periodontal diseases are myriad, and they are linked to poor oral hygiene and tobacco use as well as to diabetes and weakened immune systems. EXPLORING PATHOGEN DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION. It’s no secret that the mouth is home to bacteria. ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION IMPORTANCE EVIDENT.

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Recipe for a Healthy Mouth

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Oral health and wellness can be so complicated. Let’s take the complex process of oral health and make it into much more manageable bite size nuggets. When I was in school studying to be a dental hygiene educator, we called this process a “task analysis” ) Cookbooks really mastered this process.