Programs provided by the Korea Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation include Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Korean Advanced Life Support (KALS). However, programs pertinent to dental care are lacking. Since 2015, related organizations have been attempting to develop a Dental Advanced Life Support (DALS) program,...

An increasing proportion of the population is medically at risk. Dental providers can encounter a cardiac arrest (CA) while treating their patients. Several studies have assessed qualified dental surgeons on the management of medical emergencies, but to our knowledge there is no reported study about dental students. The aim of this study was to evaluate final-year dental students in their abili...

Dental anxiety (DA) can be considered as a universal phenomenon with a high prevalence worldwide; DA and pain are also the main causes for medical emergencies in the dental office, so their prevention is an essential part of patient safety and overall quality of care. Being DA and its consequences closely related to the fight-or-flight reaction, it seems reasonable to argue that the odyssey of ...

This study aimed at evaluating how well dentists understand medical emergency/urgency procedures and issues during dental treatment at a hospital specialized in cleft lip and palate. It comprised a hundred dentists from the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo (HRAC/USP), Brazil, from different dental specialties. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate...

Background: COVID-19 virus is the most interesting pandemic in last two years because of its life-threatening conditions. The American Dental Association defines dental emergencies as potentially that require immediate treatment to stop ongoing tissue bleeding or alleviate severe pain infection. Children and adolescents frequently have traumatic injuries (TDIs) damaging permanent teeth. Crown f...

Emergency Department (ED) visits result from urgent conditions and instances caused by disease, disaster, accidents, or injury require immediate medical attention. Today, emergency dental services are becoming an integral crucial facet of properly functioning healthcare systems. Dental a risky undertaking when the COVID-19 epidemic is decimating global health Emergencies in care possibly life-t...