Conscious Intravenous Sedation in Dentistry
Several sedation options are used to minimize pain, anxiety, and discomfort during oral surgery procedures. Minimizing or eliminating pain and anxiety for dental care is the primary goal for conscious…
General Dentistry
Update on Analgesic Medication for Adult and Pediatric Dental Patients
This article is an update on pain management in the dental care setting for adult and pediatric patients. The 3 main categories of analgesic medications are examined: (1) opioids, (2)…
Oral Sedation in the Dental Office
This article highlights the commonly used medications used in dentistry and oral surgery. General dentists and specialists must be knowledgeable about the pharmacology of the drugs currently available along with…
Emergency Drugs for the Dental Office
Any dental office can face a variety of medical emergencies; therefore, the health care professional and the staff should always be prepared to deal with these emergencies in their office….
Clinical Pharmacology for Dentists
Harry Dym, DDS, Editor The scope and practice of dentistry in the United States have evolved significantly from its origins as an independent health profession (alongside medicine) in the mid-1800s….
Oral Health and Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
Oral health for the older adult patient is vital for function, comfort, and communication and is a critical component of overall health. Oral diseases such as dental caries, periodontal disease,…
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
Interprofessional collaborative practice (IPC) is paramount to the future of oral health education. As such, it is critical that today’s health care education continues to expand its curriculum to promote…
Interprofessional Collaboration in Improving Oral Health for Special Populations
People with complex medical, physical, and psychological conditions are among the most underserved groups in receiving dental care and consequently have the most significant oral health disparities of any group….
Policy Development Fosters Collaborative Practice
This article provides an example of interprofessional collaboration for policy development regarding environmental global health vis-à-vis the Minamata Convention on Mercury. It presents an overview of mercury and mercury-related environmental…
Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care
This article describes federal programs, initiatives, and partnerships that have the demonstrated potential to initiate and institutionalize interprofessional practice that includes oral health providers as integral to the provider team….
Interprofessional Education for the Dentist in Managing Acute and Chronic Pain
Dental education is at the intersection of affordable health care, opioid-abuse crisis, and collaborative practice benefits. Students must engage in interprofessional education (IPE) for pain management. Graduates must recognize appropriate…
Addressing Health Disparities via Coordination of Care and Interprofessional Education
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are a diverse group, but they share a common need for competent, accessible health care, dispensed without intolerance and with an understanding of…
The Evolving Role of Dental Responders on Interprofessional Emergency Response Teams
Disaster and pandemic response events require an interprofessional team of health care responders to organize and work together in high-pressure, time-critical situations. Civilian oral health care professionals have traditionally been…
The Barber Pole Might Have Been an Early Sign for Patient-Centered Care
In 2009, the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) was initiated. Its release of interprofessional collaborative practice (ICP) core competencies in 2011 was pivotal for the engagement of health care professionals, including…
Problems and Solutions for Interprofessional Education in North American Dental Schools
Interprofessional education (IPE) is a relatively new part of dental education. Its implementation is mandated by accreditation standards, but it is also essential to good patient care. Diverse dental schools…
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Models in Chronic Disease Management
Interprofessional collaboration in health has become essential to providing high-quality care, decreased costs, and improved outcomes. Patient-centered care requires synthesis of all the components of primary and specialty medicine to…
The Alphabet Soup of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Acronyms with Dental Seasoning
Linda M. Kaste, DDS, MS, PhD, Editor Leslie R. Halpern, MD, DDS, PhD, MPH, Editor In 2009, six health professional educational associations came together to enhance efforts to develop team-based…
The Pulp Reaction Beneath the Carious Lesion
Fig. 11.1 Odontoblasts and Hoehl’s cells are located at the periphery of the pulp Fig. 11.2 Immunohistochemical visualization of alpha acetyl tubulin, a component of microtubules, in H8 (a) and…
Cervical Sclerotic Dentin: Resin Bonding
Fig. 10.1 (a) SEM micrograph of sclerotic dentin lesion showing a dentinal tubule that was heavily occluded with large cubic whitlockite crystallites (pointers) (Modified from Tay and Pashley (2004a)) (b)…
