INTRODUCTION: Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) occur with great frequency in preschool, school age children and young adults comprising 5% of all injuries for which people seek treatment.1,2 A twelve year review of the literature reports that 25% of all school children experience dental trauma and 33% of adults have experienced trauma to the permanent dentition with the majority of injuries occurring before age 19.3 Luxation injuries are the most common TDIs in the primary dentition, whereas crown fractures are more commonly reported for the permanent dentition.1,4 Dental trauma is the most common of all facial injuries, the procedures performed at the time of tooth avulsion and the extra- alveolar time immediately after the accident determines …show more content…
In Finland only 25% and in Britain only 10.15% of children who sustained traumatic dental injuries had received treatment. In Jordan, 43% of the children sought dental treatment when late complications were the presenting complaint. The main aim of the current study was to assess the current knowledge of all levels of medical professionals in the management of common dental …show more content…
Clinical evaluation: Initial evaluation of a patient with dental trauma should include the following: full physical examination of the head, neck and face assessment of possible injuries to adjacent areas and structures include. 1) CT of the head, neck and maxillofacial bones, 2) periapicaal radiography, 3) panoramic radiography of the teeth. Management: treatment of dental trauma varies according to the type of injury involved. i) fracture, ii) avulsion, iii) luxation (tooth displacement) Tetanus booster and antibiotics should be administered when ever a dental injury is at risk for infection. Arrangement should be made for prompt follow-up with a dentist or an oral and maxilla-facial
The Faculty of General Dental Practice is responsible for continued professional development of dental clinicians. It is committed to improving standards of patient care within dentistry by providing up to date publications and guidelines for clinicians. The standards and guidelines by the FGDP are evidence based and are recognised as authoritative statements of good practice within the profession (REF). The FGDP have produced standards and evidence-based guidelines detailing the Selection Criteria for Dental Radiography (REF).
The dentist will review your general medical history as well as your dental history and examine your oral cavity properly and in great detail. He/she will also check your bite and also take the appropriate x-rays. All these are aimed to determine if you require treatment.
Introduction A dental hygienist is also considered a health care professional. As a health care professional, it is implied in one’s duty to give the best care possible to the patient. The best knowledge in giving the patient the best care possible includes knowing the signs and symptoms of what could or may be. A dental hygienist cannot diagnose definitively, but they have the education for suspecting when something is wrong.
As we grow up, we are often asked what we want to be. Many people say careers such as a doctor or an actor. When I grow up, I want to be a dental hygienist. When I tell people this they often think i’m crazy for wanting to “work in someone’s mouth”. Dental hygiene is appealing to me. It is a big part of personal hygiene and keeping yourself healthy. One of the first things a person notices about you is your smile and I want to help people perfect theirs. I know that being a dental hygienist will not be the easiest thing in the world but there are some benefits. You don’t have to work full time if you don’t want to. Also as stated by Jenny Lewellen, “Overtime is not expected” (Lewellen). Hygienists also get a good salary. “The median annual wage for
Children with disabilities or other health impairments require assistance of adults to live to their fullest potential. Although childhood caries is not a typical disease when considering disabling chronic illnesses, it is becoming a global health crisis that affects children in many ways. According to the United States Surgeon General’s report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (2000), dental caries is stated to be the “most common chronic childhood disease of children aged 5 to 17 years and is five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever.” Childhood caries can severely affect a child’s quality of life in the areas of overall development, family relationships, community relationships, and educational challenges; the collaboration of parents and teachers is essential in treating and preventing childhood caries, not only in the United States, but also around the world.
Healthcare is a necessity to sustain society. Dentistry is an area of healthcare that I feel extremely passionate about because access to proper dental care is limited, especially in the underserved communities. As an African American, I want to become a dentist and healthcare provider in the hopes of helping patients and adding to the diversification of the field. With a growing minority population in the United States, it has become apparent that there is a shortage of black dentists. This is problematic because underrepresented minorities are in great need of access to culturally connected dentists who understand their clinical needs as much as their lives and their challenges. I believe that when the profession includes a range of ethnicities
The dental hygiene care environment is the physical setting that contains equipment and instruments where the dental hygienist delivers professional oral care (Darby & Walsh, 2015, p.91). Decor, lighting, temperature, sound, and smell influence the environment in an office and can leave a lasting impression to the client and set the tone for the visit (Darby & Walsh, 2015, p. 91). Decor should be calm and relaxing with no overwhelming color schemes (Darby & Walsh, 2015, p. 91). Colour has a psychological impact and choosing the right one can have a positive effect. Our objectives in choosing a colour scheme for our dental hygiene office are: it must be striking in appearance but it must also have a long-term enjoyment of color. Our group settled on
I have been wanting to be a dental hygienist for a while now. I have been researching in this career and deciding where I want to go to college. After finding out more details about this career, it has really made me want to pursue this career. I’ve decided that I do not want to leave far from home for college, so I will be staying at home until I finish college. After researching the career of a dental hygienist, I have decided to pursue this career.
It's important for any high school student to have an idea or plan of what they want to pursue in the near future. Most students want to go into the medical field, become a professional athlete, a lawyer, etc. Many talk about becoming a dentist, but not a dental assistant. Simply because they feel like it's not that big of a title of being a dental assistant as compared to a dentist. Little do they know dental assistants play a big role as well in the office. A dental assistant does many tasks and duties that help benefit the dentist and also the patients.
Introduction: In Canada, general dental health is not part Canada’s national system of health insurance (Medicare) (1) except for some dental surgical procedures that are performed at hospitals. Since Oral health does not come under the Health Act about ninety-five percent of the oral health care services are offered on a fee-for-service basis. Oral health care is under provincial or territorial jurisdiction like other health care services and publically financed dental care programs provide the remaining five percent of oral health care services (2). Thus, majority of Canadians receive oral health via privately owned dental clinics. Privately owned dental care gives these services providers control over dental service charges, types of available treatment for the patients and number of follow-up appointment for treatments or routine care. Service users pay for the dental expenses from their own pockets or utilize insurance coverage (1).
Nowadays the practice of dentistry is becoming more challenging and complex because of the information explosion regarding dental materials and equipment, increasing need for continuous professional development and an increasingly litigious society. Hence there has been a paradigm shift towards evidence-based healthcare .
The maxillofacial trauma is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and remains a common health problem. Maxillofacial fractures may present as isolated or a part of polytrauma in hospitals. 1,2 A variety of concomitant fatal injuries may be experienced by the patients with such facial injuries along with functional, psychological and aesthetical impairments. 3
“Dentist diagnose and treat problems with a patient’s teeth, gums, and related parts of the mouth and they provide advice and instruction on taking care of and on diet choices that affect oral health” (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Dentistry is a career that works with your mouth. Dentists are trained to diagnose, prevent, and treat various problems associated with teeth and mouth tissue. It is a dentist job to be fully aware of different types of dental problems and be able to recognize those problems through looking art x-rays, as well as different pictures of the mouth. The primary focus of dental care is to teach prevention to its patients of how to prevent gums disease, tooth loss, etc. Dentists examine patient’s teeth and mouth tissue in order to diagnose and treat problems. Most of them are orthodontists. A dentist also known as a dental surgeon is a healthcare profession that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions in the mouth.
In the past, diseased or damaged teeth could not be salvaged and in most cases, had to be pulled out. However, in the last three decades, endodontic dentistry has evolved to quite an extent and today, professionals trained in this specialty can help save teeth and repair any inherent damage. Common endodontic procedures include root canal therapy, fixing of broken teeth and repairing dental trauma.
Growing up I heard many stories from my peers of their experiences at the dentist’s office. It is upsetting to say that most of my visits were vividly terrifying. As a child, the grinding, scratching, and high-pitched twangs of the instruments digging around in my mouth would leave my ears ringing and teeth vibrating every single time. The smell of fluoride and disinfectants permanently infected the air, sending chills through my body the minute I walked in. I quickly learned that latex posses an extremely unappetizing aftertaste. Needless to say, I was not always enthusiastic about going to the dentist’s office and getting braces did not make anything better for me.