Articles: dentistry.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Dec 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyThe effect of supplemental oxygen on postoperative nausea and vomiting in children undergoing dental work.
Administration of 80% intraoperative oxygen has been proposed as being a cheap, safe and effective means of reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) but no studies have been performed in the high risk paediatric population. We tested whether 80% intraoperative oxygen reduces PONV in well children undergoing elective day-stay dental treatment under general anaesthesia. ⋯ The total incidence of PONV was 40% in the group that received 30% oxygen and 33% in those that received 80% oxygen. High inspired intraoperative oxygen was not found to significantly reduce PONV in well children undergoing dental work under general anaesthesia.
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Within the last years, health services research has gained increasing attention in Germany. This trend could also be observed in dentistry although this research field must be considered rather young. The methodical approach of health services research is complementary to the traditional clinical research paradigm. The latter focuses on the comprehension of causal mechanisms and the efficacy of interventions under ideal and standardized study conditions. In contrast to that, health services research focuses on the effectiveness under everyday conditions and the efficacy in the normal course of medical care. ⋯ Hence it can be said that dental health services research in Germany is not sufficiently established yet. It can be assumed that the cumulating problems to be expected within the health care system will lead to an increasing demand for the respective research.
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Vet. Clin. North Am. Small Anim. Pract. · Jul 2005
ReviewOral anatomy of the dog and cat in veterinary dentistry practice.
The study of anatomy is important to accomplish any kind of surgical and medical procedure and to understand the physiology and diseases of animals. It is no different in veterinary dentistry. ⋯ In fact, under-standing the anatomy is easier when this knowledge is acquired directly, with surgical application. This article describes the essentials of the oral anatomy of the dog and cat, correlating this knowledge with the dental procedures to be used by veterinarians as a guide.
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To elucidate the effectiveness of the collaboration of a dentist and speech-language pathologist (SLP) in the rehabilitation of a stroke patient with dysarthria. ⋯ The collaborative efforts of the dentist and SLP in the rehabilitation of post-stroke patients with velopharyngeal incompetence should be encouraged.