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    • Endodontic treatment - reamers do break 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2013)
      During routine root canal treatment (RCT) of a lower molar tooth, a reamer fractured in one of the root canals. Should I inform the patient? What are my ethical obligations to the patient? Is a broken reamer or file a ...
    • Ethical considerations when treating patients with eating disorders 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      In South Africa, the prevalence of eating disorders remains largely unknown. However with the unique, complex, social and political transformation of the country and increasing urbanization, it is anticipated that there ...
    • Ethical issues in replacing a single tooth with a dental implant 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Du Toit, J. (South African Dental Association, 2014)
      A general dental practitioner experienced in the placement of dental endosteal implants attends to a 32-year old female patient at her first consultation and treatment planning visit. The patient's oral hygiene was ...
    • Ethical management of patients with hearing impairments 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2014)
      Mrs Zuma is a 75 year old patient who has been living alone for six years since her husband died. Her hearing has deteriorated over the past few years. She has lost all her natural teeth and has been wearing upper and ...
    • Ethical responsibilities when using locum tenens 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      Locum tenens is usually a position that is offered when a practitioner in private practice is going on holiday, attending a congress, taking study leave or is absent from practice due to illness or other reason, and therefore ...
    • A framework for equity access to primary dental care 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Antunes, Denise Silveira; Myburgh, Neil G. (Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva, 2020)
      The objective of this study was to demonstrate face validity with a novel resource allocation framework designed to maximize equity into dental booking systems. The study was carried out in 2014. Eleven experts in ...
    • Handling medical emergencies 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      Medical emergencies can occur at any time in the dental surgery. Routine dental operations and procedures that generally cause no harm or distress to fit and normal patients may give rise to symptoms, alarming and of ...
    • How do I comment ethically on the work of colleagues? 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2013)
    • The importance of communication between members of the dental team 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association (SADA), 2013)
      A patient, accompanied by the daughter with whom she lived, visited a dentist for extraction of her six remaining lower teeth. She had last been to the practice two years earlier, when two teeth were extracted without ...
    • Irrational requests for extractions 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      Dental professionals encounter a number of challenging ethical and legal dilemmas on a daily basis that often arise due to conflicts between the ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence (do no harm), beneficence ...
    • Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral health care workers in Lesotho regarding the management of patients with oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS 

      Ramphoma, K.J.; Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      Lesotho has the third highest prevalence of HIV in the world with an estimated 23% of the adult population infected. At least 70% of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) have presented with oral manifestation of HIV as ...
    • Letter about dental decay, obesity shows that sugar industry is not to be trusted 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Sheiham, Aubrey (South African Dental Association, 2014)
      The South African Sugar Association (SASA) tries to trash our scientific arguments about the association of sugars with dental decay, obesity and diabetes ( "Sugar leaves a bitter taste" Cape Times August 18th) in their ...
    • Managing stress in the dental environment 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      Stress is defined as "an imbalance between a perceived demand (stressor) and a person's perceived ability to cope with, or to meet, that demand". It is well known that dentists are subject to a variety of stress-related ...
    • Methamphetamine abuse: Oral symptoms and dental treatment needs 

      Smit, Dirk A.; Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2016)
      BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine: a highly addictive drug commonly used in South Africa. Users often present with poor oral hygiene, grossly decayed teeth and complain of a dry mouth. The prevalence of dental caries among users ...
    • Minor's request for confidentiality 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Du Toit, J. (South African Dental Association, 2014)
      Following uncomplicated root canal treatment on a lower molar tooth, the 14 year old patient presented a few weeks later, together with her mother, complaining about an ulcer on her palate. Her mother assumed the lesion ...
    • Opportunities for Teledentistry in South Africa 

      Fortuin, J.B.; Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      Information, communication and technology (ICT) is a part of everyday life, and the constant evolution of technology has resulted in many opportunities for the health care sector. While health professionals globally have ...
    • Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes, and practices among dentists in Khartoum State, Sudan 

      Ahmed, Nada H. M.; Naidoo, Sudeshni (Springer Verlag, 2017)
      The dental professions hold an important responsibility in the control of oral cancer and the early diagnosis highly depends on their knowledge. The present study was developed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice ...
    • Oral health and nutrition for children under five years of age: a paediatric food-based dietary guideline 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (MedPharm Publications, 2013)
      Good nutrition is essential for good health and the development and integrity of the oral cavity. Oral health is integral to general health and essential to well-being. Dental caries is the most common oral disease in ...
    • Out-of-hours and emergency cover 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2013)
    • Patient’s access to records 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni (South African Dental Association, 2013)
      A long-standing patient in an established practice requests her dental records and x-rays from the practice receptionist. She was last seen three years ago. Despite an intensive search, the receptionist is unable to locate ...