Unit 6 Q7
Q7) Describe how the following factors may cause patient anxiety:
a) Past experiences
Patient may have previous bad experience (e.g. treatment was painful, patient was anxious but dental team didn’t really care, patient may have had dry socket following extraction); maltreatment; no LA or topical gel with previous treatments (not every dentist using topical gel before administering LA or automatically offering local anaesthesia if he believes the nerve is death, but patient may be more sensitive or very scared); invading personal spaces (no one likes if stranger get too close so it’s quite normal patients don’t feel ok in the dental chair with dentist leaning over them with sharp instruments)
b) Fear
Patients don’t like losing control so they can panic when we lay them down; patient may dislike white gowns as they can have this connected with surgeons; nobody likes needles, but some patients may suffer from phobias (if patient suffer from needle phobia he/she will need to be refer for …show more content…
NHS- NHS dentists are funded by the Primary Care Trust. Dental work is measured by units of dental activity (UDA). Each UDA varies in value depending on how basic or complex the treatment is. The local Primary Care Trust sets a limit on the number of UDAs a particular practice can do a year. So if the dentist goes over their UDA limit, they won't get paid for the excess.
Patients contribute towards the cost by paying for band depend on the treatment they require- band 1 £19.70 (exam+ scaling), band 2 £53.90 (band 1 + fillings, extraction or RCT), band 3 £233.70 (band 1, 2+ crown, bridge or denture).
Independent practice- base the charges on NHS, but it’s not NHS funded.
Private- patients basically pay for all treatments- there are no bands and prices may vary from practice to practice. Patient may agree to take dental insurance- e.g. Denplan, Simply Dental Plan. Range of the cover depends on each particular
a) Past experiences
Patient may have previous bad experience (e.g. treatment was painful, patient was anxious but dental team didn’t really care, patient may have had dry socket following extraction); maltreatment; no LA or topical gel with previous treatments (not every dentist using topical gel before administering LA or automatically offering local anaesthesia if he believes the nerve is death, but patient may be more sensitive or very scared); invading personal spaces (no one likes if stranger get too close so it’s quite normal patients don’t feel ok in the dental chair with dentist leaning over them with sharp instruments)
b) Fear
Patients don’t like losing control so they can panic when we lay them down; patient may dislike white gowns as they can have this connected with surgeons; nobody likes needles, but some patients may suffer from phobias (if patient suffer from needle phobia he/she will need to be refer for …show more content…
NHS- NHS dentists are funded by the Primary Care Trust. Dental work is measured by units of dental activity (UDA). Each UDA varies in value depending on how basic or complex the treatment is. The local Primary Care Trust sets a limit on the number of UDAs a particular practice can do a year. So if the dentist goes over their UDA limit, they won't get paid for the excess.
Patients contribute towards the cost by paying for band depend on the treatment they require- band 1 £19.70 (exam+ scaling), band 2 £53.90 (band 1 + fillings, extraction or RCT), band 3 £233.70 (band 1, 2+ crown, bridge or denture).
Independent practice- base the charges on NHS, but it’s not NHS funded.
Private- patients basically pay for all treatments- there are no bands and prices may vary from practice to practice. Patient may agree to take dental insurance- e.g. Denplan, Simply Dental Plan. Range of the cover depends on each particular