Treatment Dilemmas for Vulnerable Patients in Oral Health (eBook)

Clinical and Ethical Issues

Alexander Mersel (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XXXV, 85 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-08435-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book equips the reader with a sound understanding of the treatment of neglected and vulnerable patients in the dental office. It offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to atraumatic carious treatment, minimal intervention dentistry, TMJ affections and nutritional consequences. Maintaining proper oral health includes managing of oral hygiene, healthy diet and seeking for a treatment when needed. Untreated dental disease can have a significant adverse impact on the health, wellbeing and quality of life. This book helps practitioners to understand and address the needs of dental neglected adults and children, and guide them through prevention procedures, diagnostics and treatment planning. Important techniques like physiologic impression for removable denture, single crown impression, digital planning and prosthodontic bridges are explained, and socio-demographic and economic changes in Oral Health are discussed. The comprehensive coverage of the topic and the evidence based references make this book a must have for dental practitioners.

Prof. A.Mersel is associate professor at the Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine and a Specialist in Oral Rehabilitation. He acted as Director of Complete Dentures and Gerodontics, and was the Founder and Chair of the European College of Gerodontology. Prof. Mersel was appointed Convenor and Chair of the FDI Section of Gerodontolgy and the former  Director for FDI Europe Continuing Education Program. He currently serves as Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Dental Medicine Department Community Dentistry Jerusalem, and as Director of Studies at The Geneva Institute of  Medical Dentistry. Dr. Mersel published 105 scientific articles, 3 Chapters in Textbooks and recently a book: Oral Rehabilitation for Compromised and Elderly Patients.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.11.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XXXV, 85 p. 71 illus., 68 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Zahnmedizin
• Schlagworte: Conservative solutions in dentistry • Diagnostic re-evaluation • Neglected dental patients • Non -invasive restorative solutions • Prevention management in oral health • Transitional and palliative treatments
• ISBN-10: 3-031-08435-7 / 3031084357
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-08435-5 / 9783031084355