Treatment dilemmas for vulnerable patients in oral health : clinical and ethical issues / Alexander Mersel, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mersel, Alexandre, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dentistry.

Older people--Dental care.

Older people.

Dental ethics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This book equips the reader with a sound understanding of the treatment of neglected and vulnerable patients in the dental office. It offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to atraumatic carious treatment, minimal intervention dentistry, TMJ affections and nutritional consequences. Maintaining proper oral health includes managing of oral hygiene, healthy diet and seeking for a treatment when needed. Untreated dental disease can have a significant adverse impact on the health, wellbeing and quality of life. This book helps practitioners to understand and address the needs of dental neglected adults and children, and guide them through prevention procedures, diagnostics and treatment planning. Important techniques like physiologic impression for removable denture, single crown impression, digital planning and prosthodontic bridges are explained, and socio-demographic and economic changes in Oral Health are discussed. The comprehensive coverage of the topic and the evidence based references make this book a must have for dental practitioners.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Oral Health: Ethical and Clinical Concerns

Chapter 2: Prevention for Vulnerable Patients: Atraumatic Carious Treatment and Mild-To-Moderate Periodontal Therapy

Chapter 3: Dental Neglect

Chapter 4: The Vulnerable Patients Group: The Global Oral Health Concept

Chapter 5: The TMJ Troubles and Their Nutritional Consequences

Chapter 6: Prevention Strategy - A Practical Protocol for Elderly Patients.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 1, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Mersel, Alexander Treatment Dilemmas for Vulnerable Patients in Oral Health

ISBN:

9783031084355

3031084357

OCLC:

1351204213

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.