This issue of Dental Clinics of North America focuses on Special Care Dentistry, and is edited by Dr. Burton Wasserman. Articles will include: Mental Health Issues and Special Care Patients; Tools and Equipment for Managing Special Patients Anywhere; Ensuring Maintenance of Oral Hygiene in Persons with Special Needs; The Dental Needs and Treatment of Down Syndrome Patients; Americans with Disabilities: Its Importance in Special Care Dentistry; Making Treatment for Special Needs Patients an Important Part of Your Growing Dental Practice; Treatment of Orally Handicapped Edentulous Older Adults; Communicating with Patients with Special Health Care Needs; Dental Materials Update for the Special Care Dentist; Neurologic Diseases in Special Care Patients; The Special Needs of Preterm Children: An Oral Health Perspective, and more!
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Contributors - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. 7 7. Dedication - p. 8 8. Preface: Special Care Dentistry - p. 9 9. Mental Health Issues and Special Care Patients - p. 10 10. Tools and Equipment for Managing Special Care Patients Anywhere - p. 19 11. Ensuring Maintenance of Oral Hygiene in Persons with Special Needs - p. 28 12. Evidence-based Dentistry and Its Role in Caring for Special Needs Patients - p. 34 13. The Dental Needs and Treatment of Patients with Down Syndrome - p. 37 14. Americans with Disabilities Act - p. 45 15. Making Treatment of Special Needs Patients an Important Part of Your Growing Dental Practice - p. 57 16. Treatment of Orally Handicapped Edentulous Older Adults Using Dental Implants - p. 63 17. Communicating with Patients with Special Health Care Needs - p. 70 18. Neurologic Diseases in Special Care Patients - p. 78 19. The Special Needs of Preterm Children – An Oral Health Perspective - p. 91 20. Index - p. 100
This issue of Dental Clinics of North America focuses on Special Care Dentistry, and is edited by Dr. Burton Wasserman. Articles will include: Mental Health Issues and Special Care Patients; Tools and Equipment for Managing Special Patients Anywhere; Ensuring Maintenance of Oral Hygiene in Persons with Special Needs; The Dental Needs and Treatment of Down Syndrome Patients; Americans with Disabilities: Its Importance in Special Care Dentistry; Making Treatment for Special Needs Patients an Important Part of Your Growing Dental Practice; Treatment of Orally Handicapped Edentulous Older Adults; Communicating with Patients with Special Health Care Needs; Dental Materials Update for the Special Care Dentist; Neurologic Diseases in Special Care Patients; The Special Needs of Preterm Children: An Oral Health Perspective, and more!
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Contributors - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. 7 7. Dedication - p. 8 8. Preface: Special Care Dentistry - p. 9 9. Mental Health Issues and Special Care Patients - p. 10 10. Tools and Equipment for Managing Special Care Patients Anywhere - p. 19 11. Ensuring Maintenance of Oral Hygiene in Persons with Special Needs - p. 28 12. Evidence-based Dentistry and Its Role in Caring for Special Needs Patients - p. 34 13. The Dental Needs and Treatment of Patients with Down Syndrome - p. 37 14. Americans with Disabilities Act - p. 45 15. Making Treatment of Special Needs Patients an Important Part of Your Growing Dental Practice - p. 57 16. Treatment of Orally Handicapped Edentulous Older Adults Using Dental Implants - p. 63 17. Communicating with Patients with Special Health Care Needs - p. 70 18. Neurologic Diseases in Special Care Patients - p. 78 19. The Special Needs of Preterm Children – An Oral Health Perspective - p. 91 20. Index - p. 100
