Steps to dental health -- Anatomy of the mouth -- Taking care of your teeth. Why tooth care matters ; The use and handling of toothbrushes -- Nutrition impacts oral health -- Fluoride prevents tooth decay. Fluoridation basics ; Questions about community water fluoridation ; Bottled water and fluoride ; Private well water and fluoride ; Fluoride products for dental care -- Dental plaque -- Mouth injuries -- Oral health for older adults -- Routine dental visits and overcoming dental phobia -- Dental caries (cavities). What is a cavity? ; Dental caries (cavities) in adults -- Dental imaging -- Tooth pain -- Medications used in dentistry -- Sedation techniques used by dentists -- Alternatives to dental drills -- Dental fillings. Dental amalgam fillings ; Mercury in dental amalgam ; Amalgam filling alternatives -- Rebuilding and reshaping teeth -- Having a tooth pulled -- Dentures. What are dentures? ; Denture adhesives -- Oral health in infants. A healthy mouth for your baby ; Teething ; Medicines for teething babies ; Benzocaine and teething -- Routine care for children's teeth. Primary teeth ; Keeping children's teeth healthy ; Brushing your child's teeth ; Calcium is critical for tooth development -- Fluoride consumption during tooth development. Dental fluorosis ; Infant formula and flourosis -- Dental caries (cavities) prevalence in the United States -- Preventing tooth decay in children. Tooth decay and children ; The process of tooth decay ; Sugar and tooth decay ; Sealants seal out tooth decay -- Mouth injuries in children. Children and oral injuries ; Preventing oral injuries -- Bruxism and non-nutritive sucking. Oral habits ; Childhood Bruxism (teeth grinding or clenching) -- Oral conditions in children with other special needs -- Finding and visiting a dental clinic with your child -- Orthodontia. Orthodontia overview ; Braces ; The reality of retainers -- Endodontic conditions and treatment -- Periodontal (gum) disease. Facts about periodontal disease ; Older adults and gum disease ; Causes and risk factors of gum disease ; Treatment of gum disease ; Public health implications of chronic periodontal infections in adults -- Dental implants -- Facial trauma -- Corrective jaw surgery -- Bad breath (halitosis) -- Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) -- Cleft lip and cleft palate. Understanding craniofacial defects ; Facts about cleft lip and cleft palate ; Smoking during pregnancy can cause clefts ; Breastfeeding children with cleft palate ; Use of topiramate in pregnancy and risk of oral clefts -- Dentinogenesis imperfecta -- Dry mouth disorders. Dry mouth: overview ; Sialadenitis ; Sjögren's syndrome -- Jaw problems. Temporomandibular joint and muscle (TMJ) disorders ; Osteonecrosis of the jaw -- Mouth sores. Canker sores ; Cold sores -- Oral allergy syndrome -- Oral cancer. What you need to know about oral cancer ; Detecting oral cancer ; Smokeless tobacco's connection to cancer -- Taste disorders. Problems with taste ; Facts on taste disorders ; Symptoms and diagnosis of taste disorders ; What causes taste disorders? ; Preventing taste disorders ; Treatment for taste disorders -- Thrush -- Tongue tie (ankyloglossia) -- Cancer treatment and oral complications. Three good reasons to see a dentist before cancer treatment ; Chemotherapy and your mouth ; Head and neck radiation treatment and your mouth ; What the oncology team can do ; What the dental team can do -- Celia disease and dental enamel defects -- Diabetes and oral health -- Disabilities and oral care. Special care in oral health ; Practical oral care for people with cerebral palsy ; Practical oral care for people with developmental disabilities ; Practical oral care for people with down syndrome ; Practical oral care for people with intellectual disability ; Every day dental care guide for people with developmental disability -- Heart disease and oral health -- Immune system disorders and oral health. Latex allergy and dental treatment ; Mouth problems with HIV -- Meth (methamphetamine) mouth -- Organ transplantation and oral health management -- Osteoporosis affects bones and teeth. Oral health and bone disease ; Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) -- Periodontal disease associated with chronic diseases -- Pregnancy and oral health -- Tobacco use associated oral changes. Betel quid use and its impact on oral health ; Smoking, gum disease, and tooth loss-- Access to oral health. Oral health status ; Disparities in oral health -- Expenditures and financing of oral healthcare. Overview of expenditures ; Finding low-cost dental care ; Dental coverage in the market place -- Fluoride and sealants at school-based services -- Integration of oral health and primary care practice -- Glossary of terms related to dental care and oral health -- Directory of local dental schools -- Directory of organizations that provide information about dental care and oral health resources.