Sedating Special Needs Patients for Dental Treatment “Too many times we see special needs patients who have been held down, papoosed and head-boarded while receiving brief treatment at other offices. While we understand that the care of these individuals can be challenging, they shouldn’t be shortchanged by a quick cleaning, no x-rays or an extraction instead of saving a tooth because that office can’t stabilize the individual in a comfortable and humane fashion.” (Dr.Kaminski) Patients with disabilities
1. Reign Dental is renowned in dentistry having clinics at Shoreline, Seattle and Milton, WA. We offer full range of affordable dental care which includes preventive measures to keep your teeth clean and healthy, dental implants, orthodontics and cosmetic surgery. We ensure the comfort and convenience of our clients and we strive for making our services better and convenient. Dental services means we directly take care to enhance and retain your beautiful smile. We offer convenient hours of service
It is important to the dentists to understand the patient’s need and value their patients as individuals. This will enable the decision-making process to be smoother and the patient can have the equal contribution in it 1. As dentist-patient interaction is involved in many aspects of care and it is more crucial for dentistry when compared to many other professions, a good dentist-patient relationship is an integral element of quality care. So, understanding patient satisfaction is important because
There are specific guidelines for all dentists, dental nurses, dental hygienists, dental therapists, orthodontic therapists, dental technicians, and clinical dental technicians. Oral and dental care are highly important for people and also at times can be tremendously difficult to deal with. Dental care for patient’s with dental anxiety and pain are always handled to the best of the dentists abilities. Tactics of course differ across the dental profession in regards to dealing with nervous patients
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While not a common piece of equipment found in dental offices, lasers have been around since 1990, according to the Academy of General Dentistry. But because this technology touts precision accuracy and less pain, more dentists are now investing in laser equipment and using it along with their more conventional dental tools. However, before opting for dental laser treatment, you probably should know a tad more about it. What Is a Laser? If you are someone who likes to know the words behind an acronym
In his testimony, Michael T. Hamilton invalidate all the reasons given by those who are against approving dental therapy as a profession. He states that dental therapists would not affect the quality of patient care because therapists have a narrower scope of practice than dentists, and need to train rigorously to get their certification. Also, he declares that since dentists and dental therapists receive the same training on local anesthesia, pharmacology, and medical emergencies, they are capable
Outline - Phobia Definition - Dental phobia - Causes of phobia - Signs of phobia - Common fears - Diagnosis - Proper phobia approach - Management: A. Adult Management Strategies B. Pediatric anxiety management - Conclusion - References Phobia Definition: - A phobia is an intense fear of something that has little or no actual danger. In general, most of the phobias develop in childhood but they can also develop in adulthood. What is Dental Anxiety or Phobia? - Dental anxiety is very common and
will identify and assess factors which affect the oral health of older institutionalised patients and explore ways to target these risk factors and explore possible ways of improving the oral health in these patients. To investigate the oral care needs of elderly institutionalised patients I looked for studies on this group of patients in online journal databases. I found several enlightening studies on PubMed via the University library catalogue. I also searched using the Web of Science tool; this
Levin, L. Dealing with Dental Implant Failures. Journal of Applied Oral Science. 16 (3): May/June 2008. Retrieved from: http://www.scielo.br/ scielo.php?pid=S1678-77572008000300002&script=sci_arttext Advances in dentistry have been revolutionary in the last several decades. According to the literature, the effects of an aging population contribute to the need for more and more prosthetic work in dentistry, notably because of tooth loss. The push towards dental implant prosthetics comes from this