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Oral health (or oral hygiene) is the practice of keeping the mouth clean. Oral hygiene prevents cavities (dental caries), gingivitis, periodontitis, bad breath (halitosis), and other dental disorders. Oral hygiene consists of both personal and professional care.

5 Great Resources on Oral Health

• Mayo Clinic: Oral health: A window to your overall health
• Healthwise: Basic Dental Care
• WikiHow: WikiHow's How to Get Low Cost Dental Work
• WebMD Forums: Dental Health Support Group
• Georgetown University: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center

What is Oral Health?

• Cleveland Clinic: Oral Wellness
• WrongDiagnosis: Oral Health
• Mayo Clinic: Slide show: Oral health — Learn what's behind your smile
• Wikipedia: Oral Health

Oral Health Resources

• Healthwise: Basic Dental Care
• MedlinePlus: Dental Health
• Cleveland Clinic: Bleaching, whitening
• Cleveland Clinic: High Tech Dentistry

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Oral Health

• The Mouth Doctor Blog
• Revolution Health: Dental Health Blog Posts
• How Stuff Works: Tooth Whitening
• Revolution Health: Anyone else have a fear of the dentist? How do you deal with it?
• Revolution Health: Cavity or not?
• Helium: Your dentist could save your life
• Helium: Bad teeth can run in a family, but bad oral hygiene doesn't have to

Foundations and Support Groups on Oral Health

• American Dental Association: American Dental Association
• The American Dental Hygienists' Association: ADHA Oral Health Information
• World Health Organization: WHO - Oral Health

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Oral Health

• DailyStrength: Teeth Grinding Support Group
• WebMD Forums: Dental Health Support Group
• HealthBoards: Dental Problems
• Yahoo Groups: Dental Hygiene
• iVillage Message Boards: Dental Health and Cosmetics
• eHealth Forum: Dental Health

Clinical Trials on Oral Health

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Information on Clinical Trials and Human Research Studies

Related WisdomCards

• Bruxism
• Gingivitis
• Oral Cancer
• Dental Caries
• Periodontitis
• Halitosis

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