Special Needs 1 Flashcards

1
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Define special dental needs

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Where a child has a condition that:

  1. Puts their general health at risk if she/she suffers dental disease
  2. Makes access to dental care difficult
  3. Makes dental treatment more difficult to provide
  4. Makes dental disease more likely to occur
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2
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Give examples of special need a a child might have

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  1. Neuro diversity
  2. Physical disability
  3. Medically compromised
  4. Social
  5. Emotional
  6. Oral
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3
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Is the number of children with dental special needs increasing or decreasing

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Increasing

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4
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What are the three overarching principles regarding the right of the child

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  1. Protection
  2. Participation
  3. Provision
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5
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What do we mean by high risk

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A patient more likely to get severe dental caries

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What do we mean by high priority

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A patient who had the same risk as everyone else but if they get dental disease it may have more serious implications

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7
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Why might children with chronic illness have more dental disease

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  1. Dental health low on priority
  2. Over indulged
  3. Long term sugar medication
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What can enamel defects be caused by

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  1. Cardiac
  2. Low birth weight
  3. Preterm
  4. Cystic fibrosis
  5. Numerous syndromes
  6. Renal failure
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9
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What are the problems associated with enamel defects

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  1. Teeth are more susceptible to dental caries
  2. Teeth decay faster
  3. Harder to restore teeth
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10
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How to write categorise oral problems associated with chemotherapy

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DIRECT

INDIRECT

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What are the DIRECT oral problems assisted with chemotherapy

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Problems directly caused by the Drug

Eg. Methitrexate mucositis

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What are the INDIRECT problems associated with chemotherapy

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Problems that are indirectly caused by the drug usually as a result of bone marrow suppression
Eg. Neutropoenic ulceration
Petechiae and bullae
Infections

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13
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List some oral problems associated with radiotherapy

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  1. Oral mucositis and ulceration
  2. Hyposalivation and xerostomia
  3. Infection
  4. Radiation caries
  5. Loss/ altered taste
  6. Gingivitis/ periodontitis
  7. Trismis
  8. Osteoradionecrosis
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What are the long term effects of chemotherapy

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  1. Enamel defects
  2. Shortened roots
  3. Malformed teeth
  4. Altered salivary rates
  5. Dental caries
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