Managing Acute Dental Pain
Pharmacotherapy forms an integral part of acute dental pain management. In a majority of cases, safe and effective management of acute dental pain can be accomplished with a non-opioid medication…
Comorbid Conditions in Relation to Controlled Substance Abuse
Dental patients who experience comorbid psychiatric and medical conditions present an elevated risk of medication misuse, abuse, substance use disorders, and overdose. The authors review the role of notable comorbidities…
Dentistry’s Role in Assessing and Managing Controlled Substance Risk
Dentistry is in a unique position among the health care professions to assess and manage the patient with controlled substance risk. The concern over opioid risk is not new, and…
Patient Interviewing Strategies to Recognize Substance Use, Misuse, and Abuse in the Dental Setting
Brief and effective clinical interviewing is critical for identifying patient risk factors, including those associated with substance use. Dental practitioners may perceive identifying patient substance misuse and abuse as a…
Tracheostomy suspension: a modified approach for securing the airway
Surgical tracheostomy is frequently used to wean intensive care patients off mechanical ventilation, or electively in operations on the head and neck. Although a tracheostomy facilitates a safe airway, displacement…
The preventive effect of hydrocolloid dressing to prevent facial pressure and facial marks during use of medical protective equipment in COVID-19 pandemic
There seems to be no end in sight to the coronavirus crisis in Spain yet, and each day more people are becoming infected and are losing their lives due to…
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis: a rare diagnosis in paediatric dentistry
Abstract Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis is a rare disorder that is characterised by chronic or recurrent superficial candida infection of skin, nails, and mucous membranes. We describe such a case in…
Aerosol prevention in osteosynthesis for maxillofacial trauma — a technical note
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many governing bodies have hurried to provide guidelines on the risk posed to healthcare workers in the line of their duties. With regard to…
Acellular dermal regenerative matrix material “Integra™” as an adjunct for radial forearm free flap donor site closure
Having read with interest the recent review by Pabst et al, we would like to add the acellular dermal matrix material “Integra™” to the exhaustive list they have extensively reviewed….
Patient-specific soft tissue reconstruction: an IDEAL stage I report of hemiglossectomy reconstruction and introduction of the PANSOFOS flap
Abstract The standard of care for head and neck reconstruction is microvascular free-tissue transfer. Various techniques of soft tissue, free-flap design have previously been described. Patient-specific planning and 3D printing…
