Bøger af Devina Pradhan

The purpose of infection control in dental practice is to prevent the transmission of disease-producing agents such as bacteria, viruses and fungi from one patient to another patient, from dental practitioner and dental staff to patients, and from patients to dental practitioner or other dental staff. In addition, it is necessary that endogenous spread of infection also be prevented by limiting the spread of infectious agents. Based on the evidence, information, and rules, local to either the country or region, high standards of dental infection control & occupational safety must be followed by the dental team for the safety of the patients and dental healthcare workers. Dental practitioners face many unique situations when treating patients and especially children. Children and adolescents have varying levels of physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. Dental practitioners are regularly challenged to meet the psychological needs of their young patients while maintaining appropriate infection control practices.

Caries risk assessment is still in the developmental stage. No single model can be recommended for use in a clinical setting at this time. Nor is it likely that there will ever be a ¿one size fits ¿ all¿ caries risk assessment model. Some of the current models demonstrating acceptable accuracy are based on factors that are either difficult or expensive to collect. A caries risk assessment model should be appropriate from the age of the patient, the dentist¿s style of practice and the prevalence of caries in the population. A combination of aetiological factors, caries prevalence and incidence , external and internal modifying risk indicators, risk factors as well as preventive factors may use to assess individual caries risk as low risk or high risk. The Cariogram is an excellent way to find the caries risk and the causes of the disease. Both the patient and the dentist will have an advantage from doing a caries risk assessment.