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Special Care Dentistry, An Issue of Dental Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 66-2 - April 4, 2022
- Editor: Stephanie M. Munz
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 6 7 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 6 8 - 5
In this issue of Dental Clinics, guest editor Dr. Stephanie M. Munz brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Special Care Dentistry. In this issue, top experts in the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Dental Clinics, guest editor Dr. Stephanie M. Munz brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Special Care Dentistry. In this issue, top experts in the field focus on the provision of dental care services for people with cognitive, physical, medical, or developmental conditions which can preclude them from receiving routine dental care. Key topics include patients with cleft lip, orofacial pain, and neurosensory disorders, in addition to teledentistry, mentorship, advocacy, and the impact of the COVID pandemic.
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Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including dental materials in special care dentistry; the pandemic impact on oral health of patients with special healthcare needs; teledentistry for patient-centered screening and assessment; oral health advocacy over the lifespan for the patient with special healthcare needs; interprofessional collaboration for the patient with special healthcare needs; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on special care dentistry, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Caries Management in Special Care Dentistry
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Therapeutic options: nonrestorative and restorative treatments for caries management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Oral Health of Patients with Special Needs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Consequences of COVID-19 on oral health and disease
- How is dentistry adapting to provide care for persons with special needs as a result of the pandemic?
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Teledentistry for Patient-centered Screening and Assessment
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Multisensory/Snoezelen Environment to Optimize the Dental Care Patient Experience
- Key points
- Background
- The power of the environment
- How do we sense our environments?
- Introduction to Snoezelen and sensory integration
- Our community practice: Little Bird Pediatric Dentistry design
- Patient arrival and parking
- All spaces and clinical rooms
- Waiting area/calming and private rooms
- Operatories
- Panorex room
- Snoezelen treatment room
- Classroom/pre-operative room for general anesthesia care
- Operatory set up for provision of general anesthesia care
- Little BIRD pediatric dentistry patient care outcomes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Supplementary data
- Thinking Outside the Tooth: Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Neuropathic Orofacial Pain
- Key points
- Introduction
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuropathy (continuous)
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Oral Health Advocacy for People with Special Health Care Needs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Critical self-reflection
- Clinics advocacy points
- Addressing power imbalances
- Clinics advocacy points
- Clinics advocacy points
- Advocacy for change
- Clinics advocacy points
- Lifelong process of ongoing learning and action
- Discussion
- Summary
- From Restraint to Medical Immobilization/Protective Stabilization
- Key points
- Current MI/PS policy
- Principles and core values
- Rationale
- Indications
- Benefits
- Contraindications
- Equipment
- Historical perspective
- Concerns of MI/PS
- Abstract
- Concerns for hospital and office conscious sedation
- About the authors
- Clinics care points
- The Prenatal Diagnosis and Consultation for Cleft Lip and Palate Prior to Presurgical Infant Orthopedics and Early Dental Care
- Key points
- Presurgical infant orthopedics, nasoalveolar molding
- Role of the dental home
- Interdisciplinary Oral Health for Those with Special Health Care Needs
- Key points
- The past dental focus for patients with special health care needs
- The future attention for special health care needs providers
- Telehealth: telemedicine, teledentistry, teleconsultation, tele-education
- Future of collaboration
- Clinics care points
- Mentorship for the Future Special Care Dentist
- Key points
- Introduction
- The advantages of mentoring healthcare providers who care for patients with special health care needs
- Benefits of mentorship programs
- Characteristics of a good mentor
- Characteristics of a good mentee
- Characteristics of unsuccessful mentor/mentee relationships
- Types of mentorship programs
- Predoctoral mentorship considerations
- Summary
- Disclosure
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 66-2
- Published: April 4, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323919678
- eBook ISBN: 9780323919685
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Stephanie M. Munz
Affiliations and expertise
University of Michigan College of Dentistry , Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery