Oral sex and oral health: An enigma in itself
| Autor: | Neha Arora, Konidena Aravinda, Rajesh Gupta, Deepa Jatti Patil, Tarun Kumar, Gagan Puri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Oral health Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Genital infections Dentistry Dermatology Review Article Oral cavity Oral hygiene Cunnilingus stomatognathic diseases Infectious Diseases Oral sex Physical Barrier medicine business oral physician oral sex |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1998-3816 0253-7184 |
| Popis: | Oral sex is commonly practiced by sexually active couples of various age groups, including male-female and same-gender adolescents. The various type of oral sex practices are fellatio, cunnilingus, and analingus. Oral sex can transmit oral, respiratory, and genital infections from one site in body to the other. Oral health has a direct correlation on the transmission of infection; a cut in the mouth, bleeding gums, lip sores or broken skin increases chances of life-threatening infections. Although oral sex is considered a low risk activity, it is important to use protection such as physical barriers, health and medical issues, ethical issues, and oral hygiene and dental issues. The ulcerations or unhealthy periodontium in mouth accelerates the phenomenon of transmission of infections into the circulation. Thus, consequences of unhealthy or painful oral cavity are significant and oral health should be given paramount importance for the practice of oral sex. |
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