Compassion, communication and craniofacial orodental trauma: opportunities abound

Article Abstract:

Dentists may be able to identify people who are at risk of injury because of their lifestyle. Injuries to the face and teeth are usually accidental and are commonly caused by traffic accidents, sports competitions, falls, and other accidents at home or work. Domestic violence can cause intentional injuries to the face and teeth. Dentists may be the first health care professional to detect these intentional injuries.

Health aspects, Social aspects, Injuries, Face, Dentist and patient, Family violence, Facial injuries, Dentist-patient relations, Domestic violence

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Meeting the challenges of craniofacial-oral dental birth defects

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Dentists can play an important role in helping to prevent cleft lip and cleft palate. Besides genetic or familial causes, known risk factors for congenital defects of the mouth, face, and teeth include taking retinoic acid, a treatment for acne, during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, chronic or binge drinking, antiseizure medications, and smoking. In particular, women who smoked 20 or more cigarettes daily in the month before and the 12 weeks after conception were twice as likely to have a baby with cleft lip and/or palate. Sixty percent of the population visit their dentist annually, which puts dentists in an ideal position to offer counselling and make recommendations to their patients of childbearing age. Dentists should also exert their influence on staff members, faculty, students, family, friends, and colleagues.

Abnormalities, Prevention, Birth defects, Mouth, Stomatognathic system

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Building a dynamic picture of the dental and craniofacial complex: progress in imaging

Article Abstract:

Imaging technologies have revolutionized medical practice by noninvasively illuminating bones, teeth, organs, and other soft tissues. The radiograph is the modern derivation of a crude, radiation-intensive imaging system developed by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. Computed tomographic (CT) imaging, developed in 1914, uses a moving X-ray tube and receiver, producing images of an anatomical slice. Positron emission tomography permits visualization of structure and function, and magnetic resonance imaging produces diagnostic images with magnetic fields rather than radiation exposure.

Usage, History, CT imaging, CAT scans, Magnetic resonance imaging, PET imaging, Positron emission tomography, Diagnostic imaging, Radiography, SPECT imaging, Single photon emission computed tomography

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