Oral hygiene care in critically ill patients. Southern African Journal of Critical Care | November 1, 2007| | COPYRIGHT 2007 South African Medical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Mosby's Dictionary defines oral hygiene as 'the condition or practice of maintaining the tissues and structures of the mouth. Oral hygiene includes brushing the tongue and teeth to remove food particles and residue, bacteria, and plaque; massaging the gums with a toothbrush, dental floss, or water irrigator to stimulate circulation and remove foreign matter; and cleansing dentures and ensuring their proper fit to prevent irritation. Dependent or unconscious patients are assisted in maintaining a healthy oral condition. Such care includes lubricating the lips and cleaning the ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Her Progress Toward Utopia with Selected Writings. Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel ; ...Wall-paper" by the Feminist Press in 1973, Charlotte Perkins Gilman has been resurrected from the footnote. Few American...during their courtship. Carol Farley Kessler's Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a timely addition to this spate of scholarship...
	Love and economics: Charlotte Perkins Gilman on "the Woman Question". Magazine article from: ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly) ; In 1898, Charlotte Perkins Gilman boldly pronounced economic independence to be the answer to...herself and her concerns almost like a personal appeal" ("Charlotte Perkins Stetson" 115). Gilman's "whole argument" in Women and...
	Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer Magazine article from: Legacy ; Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer Edited by Jill Rudd and Val Gough. Iowa City...95/$17.95 paper. A spinoff from the first international Charlotte Perkins Gilman conference in Liverpool in June 1995, this collection of...
	A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.(Review) Magazine article from: Utopian Studies ; ...Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 1998. ix + 186 pp...William Morris and Edward Bellamy, the work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) has not been consistently...
	Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer.(Review) Magazine article from: Utopian Studies ; Jill Rudd and Val Gough, eds. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer. Iowa City: University of...Reconfiguring Vice," Judith A. Allen sums up the reason Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer is so unique: "The...
	The Mixed Legacy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review ; The Mixed Legacy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Ed. by CATHERINE J. GOLDEN and JOANNA SCHNEIDER ZANGRANDO...outset to emphasize the 'mixed legacy' that is the work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. While many of the essays are familiar (some over...
	DENISE KNIGHT RECEIVES NEH STIPEND TO FINISH SCHOLARLY WORK ON CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; ...letters written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman offer a revealing...Selected Letters of Charlotte Perkins Gilman...largest repository of Gilman papers in the world...the president of the Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society from...
	Herland and Selected Stories By Charlotte Perkins Gilman.(Review) Magazine article from: Utopian Studies ; ...Solomon, ed. Herland and Selected Stories By Charlotte Perkins Gilman. New York: Signet Classic, 1992. xxix + 349 pp. $5.95. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN'S fictional writing seems to be in growing...
	The Dying of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.(early 20th-century writer)(Critical Essay) Magazine article from: ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly) ; ...before her death by suicide, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), terminally...her suffering: Dearest Cousin Charlotte.... Its [sic] heart breaking...heavens and seeing Charlotte Perkins Gilman'" (Gilman Papers Aug...
	To "Herland" And Beyond: The Life of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Magazine article from: The Nation ; TO "HERLAND" and BEYOND: The Life of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. All of the inhabitants of Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist utopia, are capable of pregnancy and giving birth simply by...

For more facts and information, see all results

Find more facts and information related to the article "Oral hygiene care in critically ill patients."