General medicine and surgery for dental practitioners Part 8: Musculoskeletal system

Dental Surgery for General Practitioners and Students of Medicine

and Students of Medicine. By Ashley vv. Barrett, M. B. (Lond.), M. R. C. S., L. D. S., Dental Surgeon to the London Hospital. London : H. K. Lewis, 1885. This is one of a new series of practical manuals to be issued by Mr. Lewis 011 the various branches of Medicine and Surgery. The volumes of the series, written by wellknown Hospital Physicians and Surgeons, are intended to be of a thoroughly p...

Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dental Practitioners and Ergonomic Strategies

Introduction: In different professions, including dentistry, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the main reason of loss of working period, increasing labor costs, human injuries, and absence from work. Improper posture while working is the main cause of these disorders among dentists. In this regard, identifying the risk factors and its potential harms are abs...

Dental Surgery for Medical Practitioners

tartar but the latter in the first place is purely a deposit of lime salts from saliva. On pp. 56 and 57 he states that the carbohydrate eating Indians are freer from caries than meat-eating Europeans. This may be true, but it is not the meat portion of European diet that causes caries, but the various other patent and manufactured foods that they eat. On the other hand the tremendous prevalenc...

Dental Surgery for Medical Practitioners

Evaluation of referral system to endodontists among a group of general dental practitioners

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The primary providers of health services are general dental practitioners (GDPs), who must routinely do the diagnosis and treatment planning except in complicated cases. The present study evaluation of a referral system to endodontists among a group of GDPs in Iran. METHODS: This descriptive study was performed on 620 Iranian general dentists. A questionnaire with an accepte...