Access to special care dentistry, part 7. Special care dentistry services: seamless care for people in their middle years – part 1

Issues and challenges in special care dentistry.

Special care dentistry: part 1. Dental management of patients with inherited bleeding disorders.

UNLABELLED The most common cause of excessive bleeding is idiopathic, but bleeding can also be caused by inherited or acquired conditions associated with vascular defects, platelet defects or coagulation disorders. This paper will cover inherited bleeding disorders. Every clinician will encounter a patient who complains of prolonged bleeding following certain procedures; most commonly dental ex...

Special Care Dentistry: Part 2. dental management of patients with drug-related acquired bleeding disorders.

UNLABELLED The first of this series of three articles discussed the dental management of patients with inherited bleeding disorders. This paper will discuss and outline the dental management of patients with acquired bleeding disorders that can result from drug therapy. These may be associated with vascular defects, platelet defects or coagulation defects. In an age when people are living longe...

Special care dentistry: part 3. Dental management of patients with medical conditions causing acquired bleeding disorders.

UNLABELLED The second paper in this three part series discussed the dental management of patients with drug-related acquired bleeding disorders. This paper will discuss and outline the dental management of patients with acquired bleeding disorders that can result from medical conditions. Again, these may be associated with vascular defects, platelet defects or coagulation defects. In an age whe...

Digital radiography in pediatric and special care dentistry.

I have had the pleasure of working with digital radiography for the past six years. Most of us are familiar with the benefits this technology can bring to any practice, including higher quality radiographs than are possible with film and tremendous efficiency gains. In this article I will explain the benefits specific to pediatric practices and to practitioners who work in hospital operating ro...