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Table of Content
 

Bright Futures Children’s Health Charter............v
Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants,
Children, and Adolescents............vi
Building Bright Futures............vii
Creating a Lifelong Foundation for Oral Health............viii
Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health Contributors............ ix
Acknowledgments............x


Introduction
1

Dental Professionals as Partners in Prevention............2
Four Innovations in Oral Health Supervision............3
Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health Vision and Goals............4
How This Guide Is Organized............5
Adapting Bright Futures in Practice:
Oral Health for Individual Use............7


Oral Health Supervision Guidelines
9

Components of Oral Health Supervision............10
Developmental Sections............15

 

Prenatal............15
Infancy............21
Early Childhood............31
Middle Childhood............43
Adolescence............55

   

Risk Assessment
67

How To Do Risk Assessment............69
Risk and Protective Factors............70

 

Dental Caries............70
Periodontal Disease............72
Malocclusion............74
Injury............76


Measuring Outcomes
81

How To Use Outcomes............81
A Model for Outcome Measurement............82

 

Educational Oral Health Outcomes............83
Behavioral Oral Health Outcomes............84
Physical Oral Health Outcomes............84


Making Oral Health Supervision Accessible
87

Financing Oral Health Supervision............88
Providing Culturally Competent Care............89
Assuring Children’s Comfort and Cooperation............89
Children with Special Health Needs............90
Infection Control Procedures............91


Essentials of Oral Health
95

Oral Development............95
Dental Caries............97

Essentials of Oral Health
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Baby Bottle Tooth Decay and Early Childhood Caries............98
Eating Disorders and Dental Caries............100

   
  Periodontal Disease............100

Control of Caries and Periodontal Disease............101

 

Oral Hygiene............102
Fluoride............103
Dental Sealants............106
Dietary Habits and Oral Health............107
   
  Malocclusion............108
  Nonnutritive Sucking Habits............110
  Tobacco Use and Oral Health............111

 

Smoking............111
Spit Tobacco............112
   
  Injury............113

 

Prevention............113
Trauma Management............115
   

Appendices
117

Appendix A: Organizations That Support Bright Futures: Guidelines for
Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
............118
Appendix B: Glossary............119
Appendix C: Fluoride Supplementation Schedule............122
Appendix D: Infection Control References............123
Appendix E: Resources............124
Appendix F: Bibliography............125
Index............128
Art Credits............129

 

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