Aneesha Shah,Ambareen Naqvi
Aneesha Shah
The presentation of patients with symptoms associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is a common finding in general dental practice. The management of patients with TMDs is often complicated by its multifactorial aetiology. This pa...
Rebecca Ball,Richa Arya,Jashme Patel
Rebecca Ball
As primary care dental services continue to offer conscious sedation in practice, this article presents the findings from a record-keeping audit carried out at a dental teaching hospital in the UK. National guidance was used to set out the ...
Cathy Bryant
Cathy Bryant
The need for oral surgery will, for many younger patients, precipitate their first significant interaction with healthcare professionals; this will inevitably impact on the planning and delivery of their treatment.This paper will describe t...
Kiran Beneng
Kiran Beneng
This paper provides an overview of the most common cause of salivary gland complaints presenting to the general dental practitioner, obstructive salivary gland disease (OSGD). It is important to be aware of the characteristic signs and symp...
Cathy Bryant
Cathy Bryant
As life expectancy and the number of people living with chronic illness increases, the medical complexity of patients requiring oral surgery will also increase. This and the continuously evolving range of medical treatments used to manage t...
Jashme Patel,Aneesha Shah
Jashme Patel
Dental extractions are one of the most commonly undertaken procedures in dentistry. However, for some dentists it can be a stressful and daunting treatment to undertake. This paper explores the importance of planning and the salient aspects...
Samina Nayani-Low,Jashme Patel
Samina Nayani-Low
Conscious sedation is a useful adjunct in oral surgery due to the invasive nature of procedures and the prevalence of dental anxiety in the general population. The most common conscious sedation technique used in the UK is intravenous sedat...
Preventing wrong tooth extraction in primary care oral surgery: developing local safety standards for invasive procedures (LocSSIPs) [0.03%]
如何预防拔错乳牙的情况——制定基层医疗机构侵入性治疗安全规范（LocSSIPs）
Harjit Kaur Tagar
Harjit Kaur Tagar
Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs) offer a valuable way of mitigating wrong tooth extraction and other patient safety incidents during a patient's dental care journey. This paper aims to guide primary care dental prac...
Sarah Jadun,Aneesha Shah
Sarah Jadun
Dental care practitioners are often the first port of call for patients presenting with acute dental pain. Due to the increasing backlog of patients in the UK resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that an increasing number of...
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Abhi Pal
Abhi Pal