Browsing Prof. Sudeshni Naidoo by Author "Du Toit, J."

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    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Planning for treatment ethically 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Du Toit, J. (South African Dental Association, 2014)
      While dentistry remains firstly a health profession, it is naive and unrealistic not to realise that business considerations and financial compensation for services rendered play an important role in achieving a successful ...

    • Unanticipated treatment complication and legal recourse 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Du Toit, J. (South African Dental Association, 2015)
      A middle - aged, partially edentulous Caucasian female patient presented to a general dentist for extraction of a mandibular tooth. The tooth was removed by the dentist, but following incomplete resolution of pain the ...

    • Xenografts and Religious beliefs 

      Naidoo, Sudeshni; Du Toit, J. (South African Dental Association, 2014)
      A 24-year old Hindu female presented with missing central incisors and grossly decayed lateral incisors. Her options were varied - to have a fixed partial denture, removable partial denture, or an implant supported ...