Terms
an alteration in body functions that reduce the capacities or shortens the normal life span
What is a disease?
Generic name for Chantix
What is varenicline?
•(1) daily flossing
•(2) regular brushing
•(3) regular cleaning of dentures
•(4) clean oral mucosa and tongue if necessary
•(5) saliva substitute for excessive dryness
•(6) regular dental visits
What is Oral Health Promotion?
control center for sleeping and waking
What is hypothalamus?
“a pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographical region”
What is culture?
the individual’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social development, or spiritual functioning is diminished. It is not synonymous with disease
What is an illness?
Indication for Varenicline
What is treatment of smoking cessation?
tobacco use and poor diets
•Factors that negatively affect oral health
Facilitates reflex and voluntary movements
Controls cortical activities related to state of alertness
What is Reticular activating system (RAS)?
•Consists of four stages
•Non-rapid eye movement (NREM)
Health promotion
Illness (disease) prevention
What is Primary Prevention?
This includes feeling restless, depressed, angry, frustrated, or irritated.
Nicotine withdrawal symptoms
•daily oral hygiene, water fluoridation programs, tobacco cessation programs, and cancer screenings can improve oral health and prevent disease
Oral Health Interventions
•Irritability
•Poor judgement
•Moodiness
•Inability to concentrate
•Increased risk for accidents
Consequences of "too little sleep"
“the array of differences among individuals, groups, and communities”
What is diversity?
Rehabilitation
Health restoration
Palliative care
What is Tertiary Prevention?
Avoid consuming ______ while taking this.
Alcohol
•may lack of fluorinated water and preventive dentistry; oral care may be hard to perform;
decreased saliva production; xerostomia (dryness of mouth) production
Lifespan Considerations
•Diabetes
•Heart attack
•Stroke
•Depression
•Obesity
•Hypertension
Chronic sleep loss can lead to :
a tool for developing cultural competence
What is LEARN?
A disease is present, but symptoms have disappeared.
What is remission?
Stop using this medication and tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: mental/mood changes (e.g., irritability, trouble sleeping, vivid dreams), numbness/tingling in hands/feet, swelling hands/ankles/feet.
Nicotine patch adverse effects
gingivitis (bleeding, red, swollen gums with receding gum lines), pyorrhea (loose teeth and pus from gum lines).
What is Periodontal disease?
•Biological rhythms are daily cycles in our physiologic functions and activities
Circadian Rhythms
True or False: Family members should NOT be used as interpreters
True.