Dental and Periodontal Care at the Bedside Using a Portable Dental Unit in Hospitalized Special Needs Patients: The Experience of an Italian Pediatric Hospital
| العنوان: | Dental and Periodontal Care at the Bedside Using a Portable Dental Unit in Hospitalized Special Needs Patients: The Experience of an Italian Pediatric Hospital |
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| المؤلفون: | Giancarlo Antonielli, Paola Festa, Annelyse Garret-Bernardin, Giorgio Matarazzo, Michele Callea, Alessandro Inserra, Massimiliano Ciribè, Massimiliano Raponi, Angela Galeotti |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7987, p 7987 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, portable dental unit, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, medicine.medical_treatment, Special needs, Case Report, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Oral hygiene, Organ transplantation, Unit (housing), 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pediatric hospital, Medicine, special needs patients, Protocol (science), Rehabilitation, dentistry, business.industry, Dental procedures, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, medicine.disease, stomatognathic diseases, Medical emergency, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| الوصف: | Patients with special needs (SNPs) include individuals who are disabled due to physical limitations, medical complications, developmental problems, and cognitive impairments. SNPs may be at an increased risk of oral diseases throughout their lifetime. These patients have difficulties in accessing traditional dental studios or clinics. Moreover, orodental problems may cause local and generalized infections, leading to worrisome complications when not properly treated. In this paper, we describe the preliminary experience of treating dental problems in a series of nine hospitalized patients with special needs. This innovative protocol at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital (Rome, Italy) provides an introduction to a portable dental unit in order to perform oral care for hospitalized patients at the bedside. A multidisciplinary team composed of pediatric dentists, dental hygienists, nursing staff, and the patient’s case manager was involved in the operative protocol. The SNPs described were affected by congenital heart or oncohematological diseases and neurodisabilities, and they were all hospitalized for different reasons: Open heart surgery, chemotherapy, organ transplantation, and rehabilitation. The oral evaluation was mandatory for ruling out or treating problems that could cause complications. Dental extractions, caries and fracture fillings, sealing, and oral hygiene procedures were performed at the bedside of the patients in the reference unit of their pediatric hospital. The results of this protocol confirm the feasibility of dental procedures at patients’ bedside with portable dental units, encourage implementation of their use, and may represent an actionable model for oral care management in hospitalized SNPs. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::31273a58ce78620552ccb85d5f9ca63b http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8345768 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....31273a58ce78620552ccb85d5f9ca63b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16604601 16617827 |
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