PROFESSIONAL FACTORS-Pafford

Question 1

What are professional factors in Tx planning?

Answer 1

• issues within a dentists scope that help deterine what tx options are:
  
  • feasible
  • practicle
  • realistic

Question 2

What is the Dentist’s role?

Answer 2

• to define the range of what is:
  
  • reasonable
  • feasible
  • safe to be done
• to determine what Tx options can and should be presented to the patient

Question 3

Visioning the Tx plan

Answer 3

• During exam, the experienced dentist will envision what the patients mouth will look like when tx is done.
• can see the end point and then works backward.
  
  • maps out steps
• identify factors that will influence the success of the tx option

Question 4

List Common Professional Factors in Tx planning

Answer 4

They limit or contraindicate dental tx:

• general health issues
  
  • immunocompromise
  • acute/chronice system infection
    
    • viral or bacterial
  • Hx of radiation therapy in head and neck region
  • hx of bisphosphonate use
• Psychological issues
  
  • lack of awareness of person, place, and time
  • cognitive impairment
• Dental Anxiety
• Disease Etiology
• Restorability of tooth
• Bone support for prosthesis
• Crown:root ratio for an abutment tooth
• prognosis for:
  
  • oral disease
  • treatment
• Risk Assessment
• Outcomes Assessment