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Can a new paediatric sub-specialty improve child health in South Africa?
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2012)
Compared with other middle-income countries, child health in
South Africa is in a poor state, and should be addressed by
focusing on the healthcare needs of all children across a system
or region. Paediatricians have had ...
Community paediatrics and child health
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2015)
TO THE EDITOR: In 2012, the Postgraduate Education Committee
of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
supported the accreditation of Community Paediatrics and Child
Health (CPCH) as a paediatric ...
Ethical issues in replacing a single tooth with a dental implant
(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 ...
Perceived stressors of oral hygiene students in the dental environment
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
University students are exposed to a multitude of stressors that may impact on their performance. The nature of health sciences education
generally involves early engagement with patients and communities, which may add ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 144
(South African Dental Association, 2016)
A sixteen year old male patient presents at your office with the main complaint of a painless, slowly enlarging bony swelling in his lower left jaw Fig 1. The radiographs presented are from other patients with the same ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 145
(South African Dental Association, 2016)
Below are clinical and radiographic images of patients who presented in the Department with the main complaint that
they were not happy with the aesthetic appearance of some of their teeth which developed as they grew ...
Maxillo-facial radiology case 151
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
Below is a clinical picture and a radiograph (Fig.1&2) of a thirty five year old female presenting with a slow growing painless
lesion of the right parotid gland. The other images are of other patients with the same tumour. ...
Oral medicine case book 74: marijuana-induced Oral Leukoplakia
(South African Dental Association, 2017)
A 55-year-old male presented at the Oral Medicine Clinic
of the University of the Western Cape, Oral Health Centre,
Tygerberg Campus, for the evaluation of a persistent white
patch on his right edentulous mandibular ...
A comparative study to determine the shock absorption ability of two popular mouth guards available on the South African market
(Electronic Doctor (E-Doc) Publishers & SADA, 2017)
It is expected that most mouth guards will provide some
level of protection to teeth. In this study a device was developed
to measure the relative impact absorption of two
different mouth guards (Proform, Type III ...
Establishing a health promotion and development foundation in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2013)
South Africa has a 'quadruple burden of disease'. One way to reduce this burden, and address the social determinants of health and social
inequity, could be through health promotion interventions driven by an independent ...