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Early childhood caries and dental treatment need in low socio-economic communities in Cape Town, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a particularly severe problem in low socioeconomic
communities which impacts the overall health and well-being of children. The
extensive waiting lists for general anaesthesia ...
Oral Medicine Case Book 56: Oral Manifestations of aplastic anaemia
(South African Dental Association, 2014)
A 22-year old female patient was referred to the Oral Medicine
Clinic from the Haematology Ward at Groote Schuur Hospital
for evaluation of a painful oral ulcer, which had been present for
three weeks. The patient ...
The use of laser-based technologies in dentistry: Ethical issues and safety considerations
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
The use of laser-based technologies in general dental
practice in South Africa is growing each year both in
numbers and in scope of use. It has been shown to be
beneficial in treating a wide range of oral and ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 127
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
Below are clinical and radiographic images of a condition in which the terminal phalanges of the hands and the feet are enlarged. Growth of the mandibular condyle results in marked prognathism, and this together with ...
Taking and making decisions for children in dentistry
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
In dentistry one rarely deals with life-or-death decisionmaking,
however important human values are at stake
during the course of any dental treatment. These include
preventing pain, preserving and restoring oral function ...
Dental ethics case 3: informed consent: risks and benefits of treatment
(South African Dental Association, 2010)
Studies have shown that pre-operative patient education, providing coping strategies and/or reasonable expectations regarding the post-operative course can help lessen patient anxiety and decrease pain, complications and ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 130
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
This elderly man presents with a history of a painful slow growing soft tissue swelling in his right jaw. The patient also
reported paraesthesia of the right lower lip as well as paroxysms of intense general bone pain. ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 128
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
The lower clinical picture and radiographs represents a condition where the general growth is retarded, the children are pale due
to anaemia and the most noticeable change of the oral structures is enlargement of the ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 132
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
A sixteen year old female with a six year history of discomfort and pain in the left body and angle of the mandible during which time the first and second molar teeth had been extracted. Prior dental records including ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 129
(South African Dental Association, 2015)
This six-year-old female patient presented with episodes of oral bleeding, fever and ulcerations affecting the submandibular
region. Cropped pantomographs of the same patient were taken six weeks earlier with a follow-up ...