Annotated Citations 2

Article 1:
Kesel, Robert G. Sreebny, Leo M. “Periodontal Diseases.” The American Journal of Nursing 55.2(1955): 174-175. JSTOR. Helmke Lib., Ft. Wayne, IN. 28 February 2007 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-936X%28195502%2955%3APD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z

Periodontal Disease is a disease that destroys the tissues which connects the teeth to the jaw bone and affects over 90 percent of our population. This is just one of the many informational facts learned from this article. In this article I learned about many of the different inflammation conditions found in patients who suffer from such diseases. It also talks about the substances which build up around the teeth and the exits of the salivary glands.

Article 2:
Burt, Brian A. “The Scientific Basis for Plaque Control in the Prevention of Oral Disease.” Journal of Public Health Policy 4.3(1983): 298-312. JSTOR. Helmke Lib., Ft. Wayne, IN. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0197-5897%28198309%294%3A3%3C298%3ATSBFPC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M

This article is a great beginner article. It starts at the basics of simple plaque build up. It gives very good definitions of different dental terms and even shows pictures and examples. It also gives very interesting time frames, such as, how many hours or days it takes for plaque to form, and turn into calculus or tarter, and how many days of sitting before it will actually start to irritate your gums. It was a very interesting article.

Article 3:
Chrisman, Noel J. “Dental Difficulties: Americans’ Explination of Peridontal Disease.” Anthropology Today 5.11989): 14-16. JSTOR. Helmke Lib., Ft. Wayne, IN. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0268-540X%28198902%295%3A1%3C14%3ADDAEOP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A

This article related to real patients. It talked about how so many people in our population actually suffer from such oral diseases, but don’t even know that they do. Most sufferers know that there is a problem with their mouth, but will not actually go to the dentist to get it checked out until they are in a very advanced stage of the disease. This can be very devastating to the patient when they are in such an advanced stage of disease. This author believes that it is the lack of public knowledge about periodontal disease that there are so many sufferers out there.