What is special needs dentistry?
Branch of dentistry that manage pt who are adversely affected by their general health condition:
o Complex Medical hx
o Intellectual disability
o Physical disability
o Psychiatric disability
o Geriatric pt
Need a special methods or techniques to prevent or treat oral health + modify conventional tmt plan. Primary dental practitioners may not be able to manage these pt in the primary care setting:
o Liase w ppl giving consent
o Liase w support worker
Specifically tailored preventive and corrective tmt (tailored OHI and rational dental care)
When to refer to SNU?
3.Require adjunctive support (eg haematological, behavioural, medico-legal aka consent, bariatric, portable dental equipment
What is the criteria for capacity to provide consent?
Criteria for capacity to provide consent:
o Understanding, relating & using relevant information to make the decision
o What is the tmt and procedures involved?
o Why is it proposed?
o Risks and Benefits
o Consequences of no tmt
o Tmt alternatives
Communicate their decision in any manner +/- assistance
Not being comatose or unconscious
Understand, appreciate, remember, communicate
What are the barriers for special needs patients?
What are the steps to achieve effective communication?
o Encouraging to continue
o Appropriate eye contact
o Questioning and summarizing
o Open & relax body language
o Noddin/ shaking head
o Silence -> give room for pt to talk
o Checking for understanding
o Smiling or serious facial expression
What are the barriers of effective communication?
o Language barriers
o Time
o Too many questions
o Cultural issue: Discomfort with the topic
o Lack of interest
o Speech ability
o Dysphonia
o Illness
o Mental state
o Psychological
o Gender differences
What are the parts of emotional intelligence?
o Self-awareness
o Self-management
o Motivation
o Empathy
o Relationship management aka interpersonal skills
What are some differentials for a small exophytic lesion on lateral surface of the tongue with a wart like appearance?
What are some differentials for a unilocular radiolucency associated with ectopic pre-molar?
What is occult caries?
A type of dental caries that can’t be seen on the surface of a tooth but can be detected on a radiograph
What are two different types of ankylosis?
1.With replacement resorption – bone is replacing dentine
2.Without replacement resorption - no bone replacing den
What the three different types of healing following transverse root fracture?
What is apexification?
it is a method of inducing a calcified barrier at the apex of a non-vital tooth with incomplete root formation. Originally calcium hydroxide is used for coagulation necrosis of remaining pulpal tissues
What can be result of apixification?
What are the indications for MTA?
What is apexogenesis?
A vital pulp therapy procedure performed to encourage physiological development and formation of the root.
What are the options for a tooth with replacement resorption?
What is a root fracture? What is the treatment?
Root fracture is a type of fracture that involves dentine, pulp and cementum.
Treatment:
What is alveolar fracture? What is the treatment?
It is the fracture that involves the alveolar bone and may extend to adjacent bones.
Treatment:
What is subluxation? What is the treatment?
An injury to the tooth-supporting structures with abnormal loosening, but without displacement.
Treatment:
What is extrusive luxation? What is the treatment?
It is the displacement of the tooth out of its socket in an incisal/axial direction.
Treatment:
1. Reposition the tooth by gently pushing it back into the socket
What is lateral luxation? What is the treatment?
It is the displacement of the tooth in any lateral direction, usually associated with a fracture or compression of the alveolar socket wall.
Treatment:
1. Reposition the tooth digitally by disengaging it from its locked position and gently reposition it into its original location under LA
What is intrusive luxation? What is the treatment?
It is displacement of the tooth in an apical direction into the alveolar bone.
Treatment:
For immature teeth:
1. Allow re-eruption without intervention
For mature teeth:
1. Allow for re-eruption without intervention if intrusion is less than 3 mm. If does not happen after 8 weeks, surgical reposition and splint for 4 weeks or reposition orthodontically before ankylosis develops