S The patient is a 19-year-old gentleman who tells me he has been having a sore throat and congestion for the past two weeks. He was also having a cough that would wake him at night. He states the cough now is better but he continues with copious rhinorrhea and postnasal drip.…
Kirkland Premier Dentistry is a dental clinic that is located in Kirkland, Washington. Their services include composite fillings, dental bonding, porcelain veneers, Zoom! tooth whitening, CEREC, root canal therapy, plus more. Kirkland Premier Dentistry also offers the dental crown or cap, fixed bridges, dental implants, and Invisalign. Their dentists include Dr. Bill Wong, Dr. Peter Wong, and Dr. Sarah Koyama. Dr. Bill Wong graduated from the University of Washington School of Dentistry.…
Define the Problem New patient has no records/radiographs and is refusing radiographs. The hygienist continued with the appointment without obtaining the necessary radiographs. The patient denies using any tobacco products or recreational drugs when asked during the medical history but admits to it at the end of the appointment.…
Scopes of practice are distinct procedures for dental assistants, dental hygienists and dentists that can and cannot be done based on their education and training. The top goal of scope of practice is to protect the patient. It is important for the dental team to know their individual scope of practice; because they can be held legally responsible for performing procedures that they are not educated, trained, and/or licensed to do so. A person’s scope of practice can change throughout their career if they get further training and development. You can also broaden your scope by developing more knowledge of a particular area by choosing more specialized practice.…
Plantation Dental is a dental clinic that is located in Moorseville, North Carolina. Their office hours are from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM, from Tuesday to Friday. Plantation Dental is closed every Monday. Plantation Dental has a lunch break daily from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Plantation Dental loves the location, and feel of its clinic.…
Completion of an oral health assessment at the first point of contact is an important aspect of nursing care. Use of an oral health assessment tool and examination can act as an aid to treatment, guiding nurses towards a more individualised and holistic plan by providing information on the status of a patient’s mouth as a baseline for ongoing treatment and care. Identification of risk can help staff to provide the level of oral care required to prevent disease and treat any active problems. On ongoing oral assessments will reveal the possible need for referral to appropriate disciplines depending on the findings (Milligan, McGill, Sweeney & Malarkey, 2001). Huskinson & Lloyd (2009) also suggests the involvement of dental hygienists to offer…
Pricing at Sunshine Dentistry is higher than the local competition. Preventative care priced only slightly higher than the local average, by keeping preventative care close to the competition they are able to compete with the local market to attract new customers. Prices for other services is priced significantly higher than the local competition, on average their services are priced about 20 percent above the local average. Though prices are higher for the local area, these prices are about average when compared the neighboring community, the Tucson, Arizona market. Kim Padilla makes calls to both local and Tucson dental offices to check prices to ensure that their prices continue to remain competitive (K. Padilla, personal communication,…
Oakland Park Modern Dentistry is a dental clinic that is located in Oakland Park, Florida. Their dental health services include dental crowns, dental hygiene, dental emergency treatment, tooth fillings, veneers, wisdom teeth / oral surgery, plus more. Oakland Park Modern Dentistry also specializes in root canal therapy / endodontics and teeth whitening. Oakland Park Modern Dentistry utilizes the state of the art technology including CEREC® CAD/CAM, electronic dental records, digital x-rays, intraoral camera, and lasers. Their dentist, Dr. Katie Lozada-Flynn, DMD graduated from the University of Florida College of Dentistry in Gainesville, FL where she earned her DMD.…
Integrative Dental Solutions is a dental practice. Their dental clinics are located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin and Glendale, Wisconsin. Integrative Dental Solutions is serving the Midwest, including Madison, Racine, Iowa, Minneapolis, Green Bay, and all of the Chicago/Milwaukee Metro area. Their comprehensive services include sleep apnea and snoring, full mouth rehabilitations, bio-compatibility testing, nutritional support, sleep dentistry or sedation, children’s dentistry, and more. Integrative Dental Solutions performs metal-free restorations, non-surgical gum therapy, mercury removal, CEREC restorations, oral surgery, and dental implants.…
LRSA Dr. Portia Bell Adria Smith Dental Assisting Mod C The knowledge Dr. Bell brought to our class was and will be very useful for all of our futures. The things she taught us are not only useful in the work place but also in our everyday lives.…
Family Dentistry In Rockford, IL deals with all forms of dental requirements. They are expert on preventing and educating every family about the latest technologies they can carry out to enhance smiles without incurring high costs. They are skilled in keeping a healthy mouth and can even give you effective suggestions regarding the method cleaning, brushing, and flossing for preventing tooth cavities, decay, and plaques. The Basic Services Family Dentistry…
Oral Health Care Policy Despite the improvement of oral and dental health in children and older population after the fluoride era. Social inequalities remain an issue in many industrialized countries. Highly income and educated strata of the community who has better oral health and fewer diseases than lower income population have more access to oral health care system. “Canada’s medical and hospital care system is not socialized” majority health services are provided by a physician in the private setting and the minority are working in public sector.…
The majority of dental clinics offer emergency services to their patients, typically without an appointment. An emergency dentist will welcome a patient who is in unbearable pain, has lost a crown or is having difficulty eating due to jaw pain or broken teeth. When you have been suffering with an acute pain in your jaw, gums or teeth that has completely turned your life upside down, it's time to contact your emergency dentist at your dental clinic who can take care of the problem as soon as possible. What Makes Up a Dental Emergency?…
Introduction to the Dental Hygiene profession has been a complete and enjoyable class that set the core all the clinical documentation and protocol to follow here at Fortis college. As part of this class the instructor had create a variety of interactive assignments where students get to experience what it feels when having a real patient in front of them. Such was the clinic observation activity where we, the lower clinic class, had the opportunity to observe how students of a higher class were handling a full clinic section with the help of their high qualified instructors. One of the expectations I had for this activity was that I would be able to see the process of care in action, since the clinician brings the patient to the operatory…
INTRODUCTION The management strategies of dental caries are dependent on the stage at which caries is detected. The incipient carious lesions are characterized by subsurface dissolution due to more fluoride ions in the 50-100 microns of the tooth’s outer surface and less fluoride in subsurface region. Sub surface, non cavitated lesions are amenable to remineralization, thus early detection and diagnosis is of prime importance. 1-3 Traditionally diagnosis of dental caries was based on visual detection.…