Why Is Physical Restraint Still Acceptable for Dentistry?

Cosmetic dentistry is still dentistry.

why fever phobia is still common?

conclusions fever phobia remains common, not only among low socioeconomic status mothers but also among those of high socioeconomic status. healthcare providers should take fever phobia into account and provide correct information to caregivers about fever at all visits. patients and methods a questionnaire was use to explore the attitudes, knowledge, and practices of mothers of 861 children br...

M Is Formocresol Still Safe for Use in Pediatric Dentistry ?

However, we are in the era of evidence-based dentistry; a process that should restructure the ways in which clinical situations are managed, with an emphasis on the integration of good judgement in conjunction with the best available evidence and the patient’s views and values in the making of clinical decisions. Thus, clinical decision making should rely on evidence rather than authority, and ...

Why Fever Phobia Is Still Common?

BACKGROUND Fever is a reliable sign of illness, but it also evokes fear and anxiety. It is not the fever itself but the fear of possible complications and accompanying symptoms that is important for pediatricians and parents. OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate maternal understanding of fever, its potential consequences, and impacts on the treatment of children. PATIENTS AND METHODS A questi...

Some Reasons Why Lithotomy Is Still Performed

These considerations in favour of lithotomy are not put forward in any spirit of prejudice to litholapaxy, but rather as an attempt at an explanation why lithotomy is still so largely performed in India. The impression of modern literature is that lithotomy is seldom necessary and seldom performed. This surely cannot be the case in the practice of surgeons in India. In very contradiction to thi...