3 - Tx Planning Flashcards
What are the steps of treatment planning?
- Pt info: data collection evaluation of diagnosis
- Development of problem list
- Phasing of tx in the tx plan
- Sequencing the procedures within the phases
- Case development: reviewing multiple cases and developing tx plans
- Informed consent
What is part of the systemic phase?
Managing pt’s physical health
What is part of the acute phase?
Urgent tx needs
What is part of the disease control?
Dental caries
Initial therapy for perio disease
oral infections
pathology
What is part of the definitive phase?
Core of tx plan
What is part of the maintenance phase?
Preserve oral health and develop long-term relationship w patient
What are general health diagnosis examples?
- Hypertension
- Stable or unstable angina
- controlled diabetes
What are psychosocial diagnosis examples?
- Dental anxiety
- Substance abuse
- Smoker
- Poor dental hygiene
- Limited income
What are intraoral/extraoral diagnosis examples?
- Lesions on soft tissue
- Prominent lymph nodes in neck
- Salivary gland tumor/stone
What are examples of perio diagnsis?
- Pocket >3mm
- Mobile teeth
- Gingival recession
What are dental diagnosis examples?
- New caries
- recurrent caries
- Falling restorations
- Excessive wear
- cracked tooth or teeth
- discolored tooth or teeth
- missing tooth or teeth
- malocclusion
What are pulpal and periapical diagnosis examples?
- Inernal reorption
- Acute apical abscess
- Reversible pulpitis
What is pre-treatment planning at UMKC?
- Completed Diagnosis
- Completed Consults
- Discussion with patient about their
needs and desires. - Discussion with patient about ability to
finance treatment. - Discussion with faculty at diagnosis
what can and cannot be accomplished
in the Pre-doctoral Clinic. - Diagnostic Casts
- Completed Work Sheet
Why should you break tx into phases?
as a way to structure the thinking process and to have definitive times when treatment is re-evaluated before going on to the next phase of treatment
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