Dental Care - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[A dissociative patient]

30 Jul 2009 A 45-year-old woman attended a centre for special dental care. Initially, it seemed that the patient suffered from an extreme form of dental anxiety. However, the fact that she displayed 'dissociations' suggested that she had a severe psychiatric ... Read more...

Using teledentistry to improve access to dental care for the underserved.

29 Jun 2009 Teledentistry is an exciting new area of dentistry that fuses electronic health records, telecommunications technology, digital imaging, and the Internet to link health providers in rural or remote communities. For the patient located in underserved ... Read more...

Reducing stillbirths: prevention and management of medical disorders and infections during pregnancy.

5 May 2009 BACKGROUND: An estimated two-thirds of the world's 3.2 million stillbirths occur antenatally, prior to labour, and are often overlooked in policy and programs. Poorly recognised, untreated or inadequately treated maternal infections such as syphilis ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dental Care - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [A dissociative patient] 30 Jul 2009
• Using teledentistry to improve access to dental care for the underserved. 29 Jun 2009
• Reducing stillbirths: prevention and management of medical disorders and infections during pregnancy. 5 May 2009
• Public awareness and social acceptability of dental therapists. 29 Apr 2009
• Comparison of a high and a low intensity smoking cessation intervention in a dentistry setting in Sweden: a randomized trial. 28 Apr 2009
• Ethical aspects of illegal delegation of duties. 30 Mar 2009
• Special needs of anxious and phobic dental patients. 30 Mar 2009
• By the way, doctor. Do I need to take antibiotics before dental cleanings and other procedures to prevent infection in my hip prosthesis? 27 Feb 2009
• [Changing approaches to traumatic injuries to primary and permanent teeth based on the reports published in 'Fogorvosi Szemle' in the past 100 years] 30 Jan 2009
• Management of rampant caries. 30 Dec 2008
• Association of periodontal disease, oral procedures, and other clinical findings with bacterial endocarditis in dogs. 30 Dec 2008
• [Changing methods of pain- and fear-relief in dental treatments based on reports published in 'Fogorvosi Szemle'] 29 Nov 2008
• [Dental care in case of head and neck cancer--Part I: Radiotherapy] 19 Nov 2008
• Selection factors for local anesthetic agents. 29 Sep 2008
• [Current issues of anticoagulation therapy in the course of dental treatment and oral surgery] 30 Jul 2008
• Dental problems in diabetes - add a dentist to the diabetes team. 29 Jun 2008
• Antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures in patients with arthroplasties of the hip and knee. 29 Jun 2008
• Dental treatment and prosthetic joints: antibiotics are not the answer! 29 Jun 2008
• Acculturation and orofacial pain among Hispanic adults. 21 May 2008
• Periodontal therapy. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Dental Care'

Definition: The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).

Descriptor UI: D003729

Alternative terms: Dental Care; Care, Dental;

Related Mesh Headings: Comprehensive Dental Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; manpower; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration;

Tree Number: E06.170; N02.421.240.190;

History Note: 73

Technical Notes: = professional care by a professional; ORAL HYGIENE = personal care by the subject himself; do not confuse with DENTISTRY: DENTISTRY is the dentist & the profession, DENTAL CARE is the patient & the care given him; GEN only: do not confuse with TOOTH DISEASES; DF: DENT CARE