How Dental Care Can Preserve and Improve Oral Health
Oral health is associated with overall health, and lack of access to dental care has consequences that go far beyond aesthetics. Most oral diseases are preventable and are relatively easy…
The Dilemma of Access to Care: Symptom of a Systemic Condition
The standard ethical arguments that prescribe dentistry’s involvement in improving access to oral health care are based on the ethical principle of social justice. The authors underwrite this principle but…
Preventive Strategies for Traumatic Dental Injuries
Traumatic dental and maxillofacial injuries are common occurrences, and affect worldwide approximately 20% to 30% of permanent dentition, often with serious aesthetic, functional, psychological, and economic consequences. With such a…
Revisiting Traumatic Pulpal Exposure: Materials, Management Principles, and Techniques
This article presents current concepts of managing teeth with traumatic pulp exposures. The article includes a description of the traumatology of crown fractures, discussion of treatment considerations, a summary of…
Trauma Kits for the Dental Office
The old Boy Scout’s motto, “Be Prepared,” can be beneficially applied to the management of dental trauma. A large number of dental injuries occur every year, primarily in the 7-…
Management of Trauma to Supporting Dental Structures
Teeth, periodontium, and supporting alveolar bone are frequently involved in trauma and account for approximately 15% of all emergency room visits. The cause of the dentoalveolar trauma varies in different…
Cone Beam CT for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Trauma Cases
Three-dimensional imaging offers many advantages in making diagnoses and planning treatment. This article focuses on cone beam CT (CBCT) for making diagnoses and planning treatment in trauma-related cases. CBCT equipment…
Management of Facial Bite Wounds
Bite wounds are especially prone to infectious complications, both local and systemic. In bite wounds to the face, such complications can create more difficulties than the initial tissue damage itself…
Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Preventing Infection of Traumatic Injuries
In managing traumatic wounds, the primary goal is to achieve rapid healing with optimal functional and esthetic results. This is best accomplished by providing an environment that prevents infection of…
Minor Traumatic Injuries to the Permanent Dentition
Treatment of traumatized teeth generally occurs in two phases: short-term emergency treatment and stabilization followed by endodontic management and review. These authors recently reviewed the endodontic considerations in the treatment…
