PATIENT EMERGENCIES IN THE DENTAL OFFICE: THEY HAPPEN. BE READY
Imagine the 32 year female in your office on a typical morning. My patient was new and was referred because of medical history issues that included a seizure disorder. No sooner had I entered the room...
INSIDE THE DENTIST’S MIND: “DRUG REACTIONS”
Dentists know that drugs are helpful for patients but that some care must always be given to make sure that the entire spectrum of activity of a drug is considered. We spend a lot of our clinical form...
4 POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING A CURRENT MEDICAL HISTORY
A common challenge that all of my colleagues and I face is to make sure that our patients’ medical and pharmacology histories are up to date and accurate. This is important because many of the common ...
RED ALERT: SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR INFECTION
As a long time practitioner with a focus on special needs patients, I have run the gamut when it comes to dealing with patient medical histories. I have experienced and learned the imp...