La música asociada a una mejor atención odontológica de la persona con discapacidad : experiencia de motivación desde la vivencia del odontólogo

Se puede definir a una persona portadora de discapacidad como aquella que padece una alteración funcional permanente o prolongada; motora, sensorial o mental, las cuales la hacen dependiente total o parcialmente de otros para sus necesidades básicas, implicando esto desventajas considerables para su integración familiar, social, educacional o laboral. La motivación del paciente con discapacidad es un paso importante en el abordaje y tratamiento, resultando un verdadero desafío. Las estrategias que existen en la actualidad son muy variadas y diversas pero muchas veces el odontólogo es reacio a utilizar metodologías innovadoras. El presente trabajo intenta mostrar una experiencia motivacional a partir de la música, donde el odontólogo es el protagonista. La meta que se persigue es lograr que la herramienta musical pueda ser utilizada con frecuencia en la atención odontológica del paciente.

La filosofía en el consultorio : clínica y lectura de la enfermedad

El concepto de salud integral, que responde a las demandas sociales de una mejor calidad de vida y se corresponde con el perfil propio del odontólogo, adquiere relevancia en la Clínica de Odontología en cuanto vinculación de saberes conceptuales, procedimentales y actitudinales. Nuestra hipótesis propone, mediante una reflexión de orden filosófico, la pertinencia y los alcances de los supuestos de la Antropología Filosófica en la práctica de la clínica de Odontología.

Perspectivas en la relación odontólogo-paciente : un vínculo entre personas

El resultado de un tratamiento exitoso en Odontología depende, en parte, de una relación armónica y dinámica entre dos concepciones que remiten a la persona en el rol de efector de salud y de paciente, a la importancia que se atribuye a la enfermedad, a la salud y el ejercicio de la autonomía en una sociedad plural. Este trabajo propone, a modo de introducción, una reflexión filosófica sobre los significados que adquiere el vínculo odontólogo-paciente a partir del eje transversal de persona, desde el reconocimiento de las competencias y saberes profesionales del odontólogo, y la progresiva aparición del paciente como sujeto activo en las decisiones de su salud.

Clínica de odontología : la orientación hacia el paciente

En el ámbito de la relación profesional odontólogo-paciente, se verifica la tendencia hacia la consideración del lugar que ocupa el paciente como sujeto portador de derechos, lo que se complementa con un modelo de teorías y acciones orientadas primero hacia la salud y luego hacia la enfermedad. Proponemos, a modo de introducción, una perspectiva interdisciplinaria basada en la imbricación de factores de orden socio-cultural y una filosofía de trabajo centrada en el reconocimiento del rol de paciente como sujeto que demanda acciones en favor de su salud.

Some insights for a relationship marketing model integrating SERVQUAL and customer loyalty in dental clinics

The demand of new services, the emergence of new business models, insufficient innovation, underestimation of customer loyalty and reluctance to adopt new management are evidence of the deficiencies and the lack of research about the relations between patients and dental clinics. In this article we propose the structure of a model of Relationship Marketing (RM) in the dental clinic that integrates information from SERVQUAL, Customer Loyalty (CL) and activities of RM and combines the vision of dentist and patient. The first pilot study on dentists showed that: they recognize the value of maintaining better patients however they don't perform RM actions to retain them. They have databases of patients but not sophisticated enough as compared to RM tools. They perceive that the patients value "Assurance" and "Empathy" (two dimensions of service quality). Finally, they indicate that a loyal patient not necessarily pays more by the service. The proposed model will be validated using Fuzzy Logic simulation and the ultimate goal of this research line is contributing a new definition of CL.

Efetividade de dois intervalos de retorno clínico na incidência de cárie em pré-escolares que apresentaram alto risco de cárie: acompanhamento inicial de oito meses de um ensaio clínico randomizado

O objetivo principal deste estudo foi avaliar a efetividade de dois intervalos de retorno clinico na incidência de cárie em pré-escolares que apresentaram alto risco de cárie. Também, foram avaliadas como desfechos secundários a paralisação de lesões de cárie já existentes, o nível de ansiedade, e a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal (QVRSB), de acordo com cada intervalo empregado. A amostra foi composta por 224 crianças entre 3 a 5 anos de idade, de ambos os gêneros, com alto risco de cárie, de acordo com os critérios clínicos adaptados da Secretaria da Saúde do Estado de Saúde de São Paulo. As crianças foram alocadas aleatoriamente em dois grupos: Grupo 1 (G1) - exame clínico bucal mais, orientação de cuidados de higiene bucal e dieta com intervalos de retornos clínicos de 4 meses; Grupo 2 (G2) - exame clínico bucal mais, orientação de cuidados de higiene bucal e dieta com intervalos de retornos de 8 meses. Os exames clínicos bucais foram realizados por um único examinador treinado e calibrado, cego aos grupos de estudo em que as crianças estavam alocadas. O exame clínico bucal abrangeu a detecção e atividade de lesões de cárie de acordo com o índice ICDAS (International Caries Detection and Asessment System) e as características clínicas de lesões de cárie ativas e inativas foram associadas com os critérios descritos no manual do Comitê ICDAS. Um dentista externo cego aos grupos de estudo realizou as orientações sobre cuidados de saúde bucal, avaliou o nível de ansiedadeatravés da Escala de Imagem Facial, e a QVRSB mensurada pelo B-ECOHIS. Todos os grupos foram acompanhados durante um período de 8meses, totalizando duas consultas de retorno para o G1 e uma consulta para o G2. Todas as análises foram realizadas por intenção de tratar (ITT). A curto prazo, os resultados apresentam que retorno de 4 e 8 meses apresentaram-se similares em todos os desfechos do estudo para pré-escolares com alto de risco de cárie a nível de saúde pública.

La buccomancie ; ou, L'art de connaître le passé, le présent et l'avenir d'une personne, d'après l'inspection de sa bouche. Nouveau système buccognomonique, basé sur la doctrine des plus célèbres physiognomonistes, et principalement sur la découverte d'un alphabet buccal, c'est-à-dire sur les signes caractéristiques et révélateura de la bouche humaine,

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Colored soldiers /

Preface -- Black recruits -- Scrap Jennings' whiskey -- Corporal Shoe-Blacken -- Presidential interference -- The grave digger -- The "K.P.'s" or a dark knight in June -- The razor raffle -- Skeeter and the dentist -- Cuffy Green -- Capt. Pig-Iron-Pete -- The blood test -- Private Snowball Sneed --Speedy aikin -- A wife's revenge -- Shorty Sim's funeral -- Straffus Ashtraft -- Satisfying a soldier.

Man of color : an autobiography : a factual report on the status of the American Negro today /

"In this autobiography, [the author] tells us the events of his life over the past fifty years. It is, too, a brief history of Los Angeles from the turn of the century--certainly, as far as the Negroes in Los Angeles are in the picture"--Preface. Jamaican-born Somerville became a Los Angeles dentist deeply involved in the NAACP.

Direct restorative materials use in Australia in 2002

Background: This study aimed to determine the reasons for dentists' choice of materials, in particular amalgam and resin composite, in Australia. Method: A questionnaire was developed to elicit this information. The names and addresses of 1000 dentists in Australia were selected at random. The questionnaire was mailed to these dentists with an explanatory letter and reply-paid envelope. Results: A total of 560 replies were received. Regarding choice of material, 99 per cent of respondents cited clinical indication as an influencing factor, although patients' aesthetic demands (99 per cent), patients' financial situation (82 per cent), and lecturers' suggestions (72 per cent) were also reported to influence respondents' choice of materials. Twelve per cent of respondents used composite 'always', 29 per cent 'often', 32 per cent 'sometimes', 23 per cent 'seldom' and 4 per cent 'never' in extensive load-bearing cavities in molar teeth. For composite restorations in posterior teeth, 84 per cent 'always', 'often' or 'sometimes' used the total etch technique, 84 per cent used a thick glass-ionomer layer and 36 per cent never used rubber dam. Fifty-nine per cent of respondents reported a decreased use of amalgam over the previous five years. Sixty-eight per cent of respondents agreed with the statement 'discontinuation of amalgam restricts a dentist's ability to adequately treat patients'. Seventy-five per cent considered that the growth in the use of composites increased the total cost of oral health care. Conclusions: Of the respondents from Australia 73 per cent place large composite restorations in molar teeth and their choice of material is influenced greatly by clinical indications, and patients' aesthetic demands.

Work at hand: an exploration of gesture in the context of work and everyday life to inform the design of gestural input devices

This research explores gestures used in the context of activities in the workplace and in everyday life in order to understand requirements and devise concepts for the design of gestural information appliances. A collaborative method of video interaction analysis devised to suit design explorations, the Video Card Game, was used to capture and analyse how gesture is used in the context of six different domains: the dentist's office; PDA and mobile phone use; the experimental biologist's laboratory; a city ferry service; a video cassette player repair shop; and a factory flowmeter assembly station. Findings are presented in the form of gestural themes, derived from the tradition of qualitative analysis but bearing some similarity to Alexandrian patterns. Implications for the design of gestural devices are discussed.

Genomic variation of HIV-1 and its effects on drug resistance and molecular epidemiology analyses

In the first part of this study human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral DNA sequences derived from 201 clones of the C2-V3 env region and the first exon of the tat gene were obtained from six MV-1 infected heterosexual couples. These molecular data were used to confirm the epidemiological relationships. The ability of the molecular data to draw such conclusions was also tested with multiple phylogenetic analyses. The tat region was much more useful in establishing epidemiological relationships than the commonly used C2-V3.^ Subsequently, using nucleotide sequences from the first exon of the Tat gene, we tested the hypothesis that a Florida dentist (a common source) infected five of his patients in the course of dental procedures, against the null hypothesis that the dentist and each individual of the dental group independently acquired the virus within the local community. Multiple phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that the sequences of the five patients were significantly more related to each other than to sequences of the controls. Our results using Tat sequences, combined with envelope sequence data, strongly support a common phylogenetic epidemiological relationship among these five patients.^ A third study is presented, which deals with the effects of genomic variations in drug resistance. HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) mutations were detected in DNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 11 of 12 HIV-infected children after 11-20 months of zidovudine monotherapy. The codon 41/215 mutant combination was associated with general decline in health status. Patients developing the codon 70 mutation tended to have a better health status. ^

Visita interprofissional da cardiologia: uma estratégia de educação interprofissional na área da saúde na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

The interprofessional education still represents a great challenge for the health education. This paper aims at implementing the Interprofessional Cardiology Visit (VIC, acronym in Portuguese) as a teaching strategy for the interprofessional education in the undergraduate and graduate courses of UFRN (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, acronym in Portuguese). It is a prospective and exploratory study held from March 2013 to November 2014, in the cardiology department of HUOL (Portuguese acronym for Onofre Lopes University Hospital), including health professionals from the mentioned hospital (doctor, psycologist, physiotherapist, dentist, social assistant, nutritionist, pharmacist and nurse), undergraduate and graduate students from the health courses of UFRN. The study happened in three parts: interprofessional activity planning; Implementation of the activity “Interprofessional Cardiology Visit (VIC)”; and Activity evaluation, this last one was made through focus groups. The process of planning and implementation of the VIC was described during the implementation phase: 60 meetings in which 1324 participants discussed one specific patient per meeting. After each case presentation, an interprofessional discussion was held, pointing out each professional’s specific point of view towards improving the overall care of that discussed patient. From the focus group analysis, five categories emerged: Recognition of previous participations in interprofessional activities; Conceptual vision of interprofessional activities; Impacts of the VIC to the patient’s care; Contributions of VIC to the professional training; and Challenges of VIC continuation. The making and planning of VIC process has reached its goals, despite of some health professional’s participation not being systematic due to work overload, such as the nurses’ case, as well as schedule difficulties. The VIC was praised as a successful experience and considered an initiative with positive impact for improving the care of patients with heart diseases. It is clear, from analyzing the discourses, that the VIC is a strategy which positively impacts both the care and the teaching. However, some difficulties remain, such as the lack of human resources and the challenge of making it systematic.

Ethics in the provision of removable partial dentures

Aim: To investigate the construction of cobalt-chromium removable partial dentures by commercial private dental laboratories. Methods: Ninety master casts for fabrication of cobalt-chromium removable partial dentures were obtained from three commercial laboratories randomly selected. Casts were assessed for dental arch treated, Kennedy classification, cast surveying, denture design information provided by the dentist, and mouth preparation (rest seat, guiding plane and retentive area). Dental technicians answered a questionnaire regarding qualification of assisted dentists, monthly number of framework castings, and use of dental surveyor. Mouth preparation was compared among laboratories using Kruskal-Wallis test (α=0.05). Results: The percentage of Kennedy class I was 16%, class II 19%, class III 56%, and class IV 9%. The majority of master cats (51%) examined was sent to dental laboratories without any design information and did not comply with ethical guidelines in the provision of RPD. Approximately half of the casts were considered “inappropriate” for guiding planes and retentive areas. One of the laboratories presented all casts “inappropriate” for rest seat distribution (p<0.001). Conclusions: Mouth preparation frequently failed for guiding planes, retentive areas and distribution of rest seats. It is necessary to provide students with adequate clinical experience at the dental school environment, which will actually be carried into the practice of dentistry.

Ethics in the provision of removable partial dentures

Aim: To investigate the construction of cobalt-chromium removable partial dentures by commercial private dental laboratories. Methods: Ninety master casts for fabrication of cobalt-chromium removable partial dentures were obtained from three commercial laboratories randomly selected. Casts were assessed for dental arch treated, Kennedy classification, cast surveying, denture design information provided by the dentist, and mouth preparation (rest seat, guiding plane and retentive area). Dental technicians answered a questionnaire regarding qualification of assisted dentists, monthly number of framework castings, and use of dental surveyor. Mouth preparation was compared among laboratories using Kruskal-Wallis test (α=0.05). Results: The percentage of Kennedy class I was 16%, class II 19%, class III 56%, and class IV 9%. The majority of master cats (51%) examined was sent to dental laboratories without any design information and did not comply with ethical guidelines in the provision of RPD. Approximately half of the casts were considered “inappropriate” for guiding planes and retentive areas. One of the laboratories presented all casts “inappropriate” for rest seat distribution (p<0.001). Conclusions: Mouth preparation frequently failed for guiding planes, retentive areas and distribution of rest seats. It is necessary to provide students with adequate clinical experience at the dental school environment, which will actually be carried into the practice of dentistry.