Oral Health and Dental Management

Special care in dentistry: Are we there yet?

International Conference and Exhibition on Dentistry

March 18-20, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Mugayar Leda Regina Fernandes

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Special Care in Dentistry has been a controversial segment of Dentistry, especially when focusing on the patient behavior management and treatment planning in a clinical setting.Various techniques contemplating behavior management and desensitization have been proposed and practiced all over the years. Nevertheless,when it comes to exercising them in our daily clinical practice it seems to become not a feasible easy option.Hospital Dentistry has shown to be a valuable resource; however, often it is not a possible choice for a large number of patients, neither the various levels of Sedation - Conscious or Intravenous - especially when taking into consideration the variables regarding the health systems in place in each Country, around the World.The aim of this presentation is to review and discuss the different approaches regarding the behavior management and oral care of the patients with Special Health Care Needs, and consequently of their families and caregivers.Summarizing the possible factors for a successful and not as successful use of such techniques, the study brings out a new perspective into the ?Dentistry for Patients with Special Health Care Needs?.