ELEVEN YEARS' WORK IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC

Clinical Characteristics of Temporomandibular Disorders in Patients Admitted to a Dental School Clinic in Turkey

Objectives: This study was undertaken to observe the frequency of different diagnostic groups for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) in patients who sought treatment for TMD in an outpatient clinic of a dental school. Methods: Files of patients who received a diagnosis of TMD in a period of 24 months were evaluated. Clinical and demographic data extracted from 213 patient files meet...

Pattern of dental caries in Mulago Dental School clinic, Uganda.

UNLABELLED Information on dental caries among patients attending Mulago Hospital is scarce. Yet knowledge of the pattern of caries can be used to plan preventive and treatment interventions. This study describes the pattern of dental caries (in terms of age group, tooth and tooth surface and gender) among patients attending the Public Health Dental Officers School Clinic, Mulago Hospital. MET...

Underreporting of bloodborne exposures in a dental school clinic.

This study explored the rate of underreporting of bloodborne exposures among dental students in a U.S. dental school during the final two years of clinical practice. It also explored the reasons students cite for failing to report bloodborne exposures. Surveys of the dental students found that senior students reported only 43 percent of the exposure incidents they experienced in their final yea...

Birmingham Child Guidance Clinic. A Review of Two Years' Work

Evaluation of a halitosis clinic over a period of eleven years

About every fourth individual suffers at leasttemporarily from oral malodor. The most frequentcause of it is the oral cavity, in particular thetongue coating. In professional halitosis clinics,findings and diagnoses are discussed with thepatients, and individual therapy concepts are designed. Currently, there are only few ev alua- tions of such clinics, which moreover are con- fined to a period...