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Dental ethics case 16: Pull out my four front teeth ...
(South African Dental Association, 2011)The scenario is a 14 year old girl who requests the extraction of her four front teeth, even though she has no problems with her teeth. She said it is because all her friends and some of her family members have had their ... -
Dental ethics case 17: What are my obligations and ethical responsibilities when treating patients with HIV?
(South African Dental Association, 2011)This ethical case is about a 20 year old female patient who had recurrent ulcers in and around her mouth. The dentist suspected that the recurrent ulcers and candidiasis were oral manifestations of HIV and confronted her ... -
Dental ethics case 18: Use of amalgam for dental restorations
(South African Dental Association, 2012)A commentary is given to the scenario of patients who request that the removal of perfectly serviceable amalgam restorations and replace them with composite or tooth-coloured materials. -
Dental ethics case 20 suspected malignancy: to tell or not to tell the truth?
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Dental ethics case 21: extreme makeovers - the ethics of aesthetic dentistry
(South African Dental Association, 2012)Aesthetic sensibilities need to develop within the limits of physiological, morphological and occlusal parameters in restoring function and improving dentofacial and facial aesthetics. -
Dental ethics case 24: Non-therapeutic cosmetic treatments including botox
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Dental ethics case 25 the drug-abusing patient – what are my ethical obligations to treat?
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Dental ethics case 26 the incompetent geriatric patient
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Dental ethics case 27 - the orthodontic dilemma of non-compliance
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Dental ethics case 2: What are your responsibilities to patients who may have an eating disorder?
(South African Dental Association, 2010)Eating disorders are a serious concern and can also have significant consequences on oral health. They represent a clinical challenge to dental professionals because of their unique psychological, medical, nutritional and ... -
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 ... -
Dental needs of intellectually disabled children attending six special educational facilities in Cape Town
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2016)OBJECTIVE. To assess the dental needs of a group of children with intellectual disability (ID) attending six special educational facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS. This was a cross-sectional study based on ... -
Dentinogenesis imperfecta in Osteogenesis imperfecta type XI in South Africa: a genotype–phenotype correlation
(Springer Nature, 2018)BACKGROUND: The maxillofacial and dental manifestations of Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have significant implications in terms of management. Although the occurrence of abnormal dentine in some forms of OI is well documented, ... -
Dentinogenesis imperfecta in Osteogenesis imperfecta type XI in South Africa: a genotype–phenotype correlation
(UWC, 2019)BACKGROUND: The maxillofacial and dental manifestations of Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) have significant implications in terms of management. Although the occurrence of abnormal dentine in some forms of OI is well documented, ... -
The dentist-scientist career pathway in Africa: opportunities and obstacles
(The Korean Society of Medical Education, 2018)The future of evidence-based dentistry in developing Africa heavily depends on a sustainable establishment of a vibrant dentist-scientist workforce. A dentist scientist is saddled with the responsibility of carrying out ... -
A dependable model for attaining maximum authetication security procedure in a grid based environment
(Academic Journals Inc., 2012)Grid computing is an emergent computing innovation which offers endless access to computing infrastructure across various organizations (academia and industry). Since this technology allows aggregation of various computer ... -
Depositional age and provenance of high-grade paragneisses from the Mérida Andes, Venezuela: Implications for the Ediacaran–Cambrian tectonic setting of northwestern Gondwana
(Elsevier, 2021)Isotopic, geochemical, and geochronological data are provided to constrain sedimentary sources and depositional ages of high-grade paragneisses of the Iglesias Complex in the Mérida Andes (Venezuela). U-Pb geochronology ... -
Depression among health care students in the time of COVID-19: The mediating role of resilience in the hopelessness–depression relationship
(SAGE Publications, 2021)COVID-19 spread rapidly across the world, and by March 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was identified in South Africa. Lockdown-related measures such as restricted movement and isolation were implemented to contain the ... -
Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample
(MedPharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited, 2017)BACKGROUND: Depression in the geriatric population has been identified as a significant problem in view of the associated negative outcomes regarding poor functioning, increased perception of poor health and increased ... -
Depressive symptoms in community-dwelling persons aged≥60 years in Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)BACKGROUND. Physical and psychological ailments increase with age; while the physical ailments are well documented, mental health issues have received less attention. OBJECTIVE. To determine the prevalence of depressive ...
