Unit 304 Participating through team leading Within the dental practice I am going to change the current external referral process for patients. The patient referral process is for the necessary referring of patients to the local PCT for dental work that may be too complex for the GDP or for patients that are too afraid to accept dental treatment within the general dental surgery and require a form of sedation. Currently the referral process requires that the GDP writes all the necessary details
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of the Dakshina Kannada population. Sea food is rich in fluoride and protein which are contributory factors to decrease in caries. [19] Numerous data in the literature have showed that diabetes is associated with dental disease. Diabetes has shown to increase the risk of developing dental caries. 71.36% of diabetic patients exhibited root surface caries whereas in non-diabetic patients the prevalence was 28.64%. This pattern may be attributed to hyposalivation which is commonly associated with diabetic
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fluoridation is the process of addition of fluorides to the drinking water supplies so as to allow good dental health. Fluorides are present everywhere in the environment. At low levels it is not harmful but higher levels of fluoride are dangerous. Small levels of fluoride prevents in tooth decay. Among children whose teeth are forming excessive fluoride level has the ability to cause dental fluorsis‚ where as in adults this can lead to skeletal fluorosis having joint pains‚ denser bones and low
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It has been said that it is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce dental cavity and tooth decay now days. The money that people spend on dental care are very high‚ however water fluoridation is very low. The financial cost for water fluoridation is said to be approximately $4.20 a person per year‚ compared to a single surface filling which is approximately
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Toothache is a result of poor dental condition‚ and consists in mild or chronic or sharp‚ excruciating pain around teeth and jaws. Toothache can be quite tormenting‚ making our daily life go topsy-turvy. Improper brushing techniques‚ usage of poor quality tooth paste‚ feasting on junk food items‚ mental stress and worries result in a poor dental health‚ and may often lead to toothache. Tooth problems like cracked tooth‚ dental cavity‚ dental abscess‚ and recession or exposed tooth root or nerve endings
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This work is about the career I chose. As part of a requirement for the English class I made this essay. I would like to be a doctor in orthodontist. The orthodontic profession is a branch in dentistry‚ which specializes in dental or oral repairs. Proximately I will present the years of studies of this profession‚ its functions and salaries. Orthodontics is a specialty within dentistry that is especially dedicated to study‚ diagnose and treat malformations and defects of the teeth in humans
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tissue‚ at the cementoenamel junction (CEJ) of the cervical third of the tooth structure. It is also referred as cervical abrasion or cervical erosion (Wood‚ Jawad et al. 2008). These lesions are commonly presented in a variety of forms to the general dental practitioners; varying from shallow grooves to broad dished-out lesions or large wedge-shaped defects‚ with sharp internal and external line angles (Sarode and Sarode 2013). Restoring these lesions with predictable success is a restorative challenge
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Such a huge improvement when compared to those areas without fluoride. On the other hand‚ in terms of dental fluorosis is was written that after a study based on those living in Newcastle upon Tyne compared to non-fluoridated Manchester‚ the amount of 12 year olds that had the condition was very low in both areas. 1% in Newcastle and 0.2% in Manchester.
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with the fewest resources to cope with it. Even in more affluent countries‚ the pooper members of society carry a disproportionate share of the disease burden (The European Health Report 2005) Inequalities in child dental health are well documented. The 2003 Children’s Dental Health Survey found that children attending primary
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and doesn ’t attach to anything. As a result‚ the tooth stretches around the amalgam during chewing‚ causing small cracks that with time can cause breakage within the tooth or even decay. Decay that is left untreated can progress to infect the dental pulp and may cause an abscessed tooth. If the decay is too large‚ dentists recommend crowns over fillings. Composite fillings are also repairable. Amalgam fillings aren ’t. If a composite chips‚ the same bond‚ as mentioned before‚ can cement the new
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