Dental Treatments

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Title:   Tongue-tie
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Tongue-tie is caused by a short frenum (string of tissue) that restricts tongue movement. Many babies with tongue-tie are breast and bottle fed successfully, but a tight tongue-tie can interfere with a baby's ability to breastfeed and, in some cases, bottle feed. The medical name for tongue-tie is ankyloglossia.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Dental notes - Treatments for snoring in adults
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   There has been a significant rise in the use of intraoral devices for the treatment of snoring and sleep apnoea.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Dental notes - Managing HIV in general practice
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Doctors treating patients with HIV should be cognisant of the oral problems that occur in these patients.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Dental notes. Cardiac effects of non-cardiac drugs
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Dentists have traditionally been concerned about the potential risk of cardiac effects from the vasoconstrictor, either adrenaline or octapresin, in dental local anaesthetics. However, the evidence shows that there is minimal effect from either of these drugs in appropriate dosage.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Dental notes - Drug interactions with complementary medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Most dentists are unlikely to ask about the use of complementary medicines when taking their patients' medical histories, however many of these medicines have potentially significant interactions with commonly prescribed drugs.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Prevention of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in patients on bisphosphonate therapies
Publisher:   NSW Health
Description:   This document provides a consensus based guideline, drawing on current documented best practices, for the undertaking of invasive dental/oral surgical procedures on patients taking bisphosphonate agents so as to minimise the risk, or prevent the development of osteonecrosis of the jaws.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Dental notes - Multiresistant organisms at the front line
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The increasing prevalence of multiresistant bacteria in community-associated infections is most likely caused by over-prescription of antibiotics.The majority of dental infections can be successfully treated with an accurate diagnosis and timely dental treatment without antibacterial medication.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Dental notes: Pharmacogenetics of warfarin
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Pharmacogenetics is genetic testing to optimise prescribing for individual patients. Warfarin is a potential candidate for pharmacogenetic testing as it is commonly used, has a narrow therapeutic window and its mechanism of action and elimination pathways involve receptors and enzymes that are polymorphic.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   New guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Therapeutic Guidelines has revised the guidelines for the use of antibiotics for prophylaxis against infective endocarditis. The major change is that antibiotic prophylaxis is no longer indicated in patients with aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, or symptomatic or asymptomatic mitral valve prolapse.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Care following dental surgery
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This fact sheet provides people who have had dental surgery with information about what to expect during the recovery process, how to avoid complication and what to do if they occur.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Medical management of dental and oral pain
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients may consult medical practitioners because of painful dental or oral conditions. Medical practitioners need to be aware of common dental and oral diseases in order to manage the patient's pain, but it is even more important to encourage the patient to see a dentist.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Dental notes: generic medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Prescribing drugs by brand name may be done out of habit, but this may not be in the best financial interest of our patients.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Dental notes: influenza vaccination for healthy adults
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Very few dentists fall into the groups eligible for free vaccination under the National Immunisation Program. However, it is likely that all dentists working in both private and public practice are routinely having an annual vaccination against influenza. This decision to be vaccinated and the discussion about it, is likely to strongly influence work colleagues, dental nurses, oral hygienists and therapists, as well as patients.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Dental notes. Xerostomia: a common adverse effect of drugs and radiation
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Xerostomia (dry mouth) is a relatively common condition and is due to salivary dysfunction. It has multiple causes, including developmental, inflammatory and neoplastic disorders.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Dental note - antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Dental clinicians need to be aware of changes occurring in the management of HIV infection, the increase in number and complexity of antiretroviral regimens and the potential for drug interactions with commonly prescribed drugs.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Dental notes: Antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The principles set out in the main article can readily be applied to oral surgery. Most oral surgery is approached intra-orally although some, for instance open reduction of certain mandibular fractures, is approached externally.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Commonwealth Dental Health Program evaluation report 1994-1996
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,University of Adelaide. AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit
Description:   Contents and executive summary of the report which provides findings from the Evaluation Project for the Commonwealth Dental Health Program (CDHP). At the initiation of the CDHP a series of data collections were put in place that would generate a series of population and patient indicators of access and availability, barriers, use of services, health status and appropriateness of care.
Date:   Oct 2001

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