Appropriate preoperative assessment of the dental patient should always include an analysis of the patient's medications. Cardiovascular diseases are the most common group of medical disorders that dentists encounter, and the number of drugs prescribed for managing these conditions is staggering. This justifiably raises concern and probable confusion regarding side effects and possible drug int...

Dental services for elderly patients are characterized by a series of particularities related to the vulnerability of this age group, which is affected by various co morbidities, and the diminished physical, cognitive and financial capacities. Finding ways to keep elderly patients coming to a dental office is possible by improving the dentist-patient relationship and implicitly the quality of c...

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes emergency care for infants, children, and adolescents is an essential duty of every dentist. The American Dental Association’s Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct states that “dentists shall be obliged to make reasonable arrangements for the emergency care of their patients of record”. The AAPD recommends dentists s...

The dentist who treats children needs to be proficient at observing and analyzing child behavior. Skill in observation and analysis of child behavior is enhanced by experience, the ability to assess the nonverbal aspects of communication, a knowledge of children's fears and anxieties toward the dental situation, and by the social-cultural and personal aspects of child behavior. The dentist who ...

BACKGROUND Inadequate functional health literacy is a common problem in immigrant populations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between oral (dental) health literacy (OHL) and participation in oral health care among Brazilian immigrants in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. METHODS The study used a cross-sectional design and a convenience sample of 101 Brazilian immigrants sele...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and associated factors of visits to the dentist in the last year by Nicaraguan schoolchildren to receive professionally applied topical fluoride (PATF). MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was designed in children from public schools in the city of León, Nicaragua, were included. A series of socioeconomic, sociodemographic, and behavioural variabl...

OBJECTIVES In view of the sharp increase in the number of dentists in Spain, the aim of the present study was to analyse changes in the private dentist workload in Spain over the period 1987-97. METHODS Data were taken from censuses of the population and of dental practitioners, and from the Spanish National Health Interview Surveys. The percentage of people that had visited the dentist in th...

The practice of dentistry involves laborious high finesse dental preparations, precision and control in executions that require a particular attention, concentration and patience of the dentist and finally the dentist's physical and mental resistance. The optimal therapeutic approach and the success of practice involve special working conditions for the dentist and his team in an ergonomic envi...

47 Recently, I presented to the Board of Health of the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit the results of a survey of dental care among what are classified as high-risk families in one of the health unit’s programs. The survey was piggybacked on the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children (HBHC) Program, which is offered under the Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines of the On...

This paper examines the distribution of dentists among U.S. counties along the rural-urban continuum. Dentist workforce availability has implications for oral health care access and utilization, which in turn can affect the quality of life, health, and productivity of rural residents. In addition, dentists form part of the non-tradable services sector, and its erosion may affect the vitality of...