Diagnosis and Treatment Planning for Partially Edentulous Patients
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS
Content:
1. General information (name, age, sex, occupation)
2. Chief complaint
3. Recording the relevant medical history.
4. Recording the relevant dental history.
5. Performing a thorough visual and manual extra-oral and intra-oral examination.
6. Radiographic examination.
7. Treatment planning
Recording general information:
Name:
Patient should be addressed by name which would add to personal touch and confidence of the patient.
Age:
Age is an important criteria for the treatment planning due to following points:
With advancing age the capacity of the tissue to with stand stress diminish. (adaptability)
Tissue healing ability decreases.
Diseases are prevalent in older individuals such as diabetes, etc.
Facility for learning and coordination appears to diminish with age.
If patient has a hearing loss along with advancing age, communication becomes more difficult.
Younger patients are often chiefly concerned about esthetics.
Sex:
Male are more concern with comfort and function while the women have a higher priority on appearance.
Although some patients are there which are concerned with both comfort as well as esthetic.
Occupation:
Person job and social standing often determines the value patient places on the esthetics and the quality of denture.
For patients whose occupations require them to deal with the public, appearance is usually a primary consideration.
A retired person often has more time to play with his dentures and to find minor problems with them.
It also indicates the socioeconomic level of the patient.
Chief complaint:
Chief complaint and duration should be recorded as far as possible in the patients own words and in chronological order.
Patients must tell what problems they had with their old dentures.
These complaint will act as a guidance for the dentist in the area of greatest concern to the patient.
Health history:
There are 3 basic
Content:
1. General information (name, age, sex, occupation)
2. Chief complaint
3. Recording the relevant medical history.
4. Recording the relevant dental history.
5. Performing a thorough visual and manual extra-oral and intra-oral examination.
6. Radiographic examination.
7. Treatment planning
Recording general information:
Name:
Patient should be addressed by name which would add to personal touch and confidence of the patient.
Age:
Age is an important criteria for the treatment planning due to following points:
With advancing age the capacity of the tissue to with stand stress diminish. (adaptability)
Tissue healing ability decreases.
Diseases are prevalent in older individuals such as diabetes, etc.
Facility for learning and coordination appears to diminish with age.
If patient has a hearing loss along with advancing age, communication becomes more difficult.
Younger patients are often chiefly concerned about esthetics.
Sex:
Male are more concern with comfort and function while the women have a higher priority on appearance.
Although some patients are there which are concerned with both comfort as well as esthetic.
Occupation:
Person job and social standing often determines the value patient places on the esthetics and the quality of denture.
For patients whose occupations require them to deal with the public, appearance is usually a primary consideration.
A retired person often has more time to play with his dentures and to find minor problems with them.
It also indicates the socioeconomic level of the patient.
Chief complaint:
Chief complaint and duration should be recorded as far as possible in the patients own words and in chronological order.
Patients must tell what problems they had with their old dentures.
These complaint will act as a guidance for the dentist in the area of greatest concern to the patient.
Health history:
There are 3 basic