Oral care for patients undergoing therapy for head and neck cancer in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - A qualitative study. There is limited published evidence in KwaZulu-Natal on access to oral health care for patients undergoing cancer therapy in the head and neck region.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Support for patients to cope with HNC
Barriers to accessing oral health care
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Gaps in oral health service delivery
We cannot afford to go to private dentists and doctors where you have to pay more than state hospitals. But now, before it was not difficult to go to the dentist even though it was not very close, but now not because of weakness" (P6).
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Oral care should be integrated into other important community activities, such as support group programs for people with cancer. The results indicate that oral care support is important for patients with HNC.
CONCLUSION
Burden of head and neck cancer in Africa: status quo and research prospects. Head and neck cancer in the betel-chewing area: Recent advances in molecular carcinogenesis.
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The role of dentistry other than oral care in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Oral and dental treatment for head and neck cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy Dent Updatet.
ABSTRACT
Develop a patient expectation questionnaire using a validated satisfaction questionnaire as a framework and then determine patient expectations regarding a fully removable prosthesis. Several studies have focused on the factors that influence patients' expectations of fully removable dentures (CRD).1-4.
INTRODUCTION
Patients' expectations regarding a fully removable prosthesis may play a role in determining their satisfaction with a newly manufactured fully removable prosthesis. To determine patients' expectations regarding masticatory function, pain, psychological discomfort and social limitations with a fully removable denture.
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A series of statistical tests were conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the Patient Expectations Questionnaire. The Patient Expectations Questionnaire (PEQ) was formulated by the principal investigator using the framework of the OHIP-20 by modifying the questions to provide insight into patient expectations.
RESULTS
The structure of the PEQ made the correlation between the expectation and satisfaction factors simple and allowed conclusions to be drawn. The majority (66.6%) of the sample believed that they would never avoid certain foods or that their diet would be unsatisfactory due to CRDs.
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More than two-thirds (64%) of the sample believed that their new CRDs would never be uncomfortable. Less than half of the sample (44.5%) thought they would be self-conscious about problems with their CDs.
DISCUSSION
The majority of the sample (95.5%) felt that their prostheses would affect their quality of life and (97.8%) felt that they would be satisfied with their new CRDs. One result that was significant was that more than half of the sample thought they would be self-aware as a result of problems with their new CRD.
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A clinical survey to determine awareness and preference of complete denture needs among edentulous patients.
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Independent water systems, on the other hand, isolate the dental unit from the municipal water supply. This study examines the consistency of the reported association between disinfectant properties of the effervescent tablets of A-dec ICXTM and reduced bacterial counts in dental unit water at the SMU Oral Health Center.
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The primary outcome measured at the end of the five-week follow-up was the mean bacterial CFU/ml in water samples. Repeated measurements of bacterial CFU/ml in water samples were performed for 20% of the samples.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The researcher (first author) monitored the water level in the dental units between clinical sessions and reported to the supervisor (second author), who replenished the stock of the assigned treatments daily. The effect of interest was the difference in mean bacterial colony-forming units per milliliter (cfu/ml) between water samples collected from dental units receiving two levels of treatment.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study population consisted of seventeen dental units equipped with an independent water system and was routinely used to treat patients with distilled water for 8 years in clinics of the dental school of Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in early 2017. During the study period, the supervisor filled the two sterile twenty-five liter bottles, labeled A and B, with two levels of the treatment.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS/
To measure and compare the mean bacterial counts in water samples collected from dental chairs that received only pure distilled water and those that received an A-dec ICXTM tablet dissolved in distilled water. 100 mL aerobic culture water samples were collected from the distal outlets of three-way air-water syringes into sterile vials containing 0.1 g sodium thiosulfate to remove residual disinfectants, after a 2-min purge at the start of the workday. before using the dental unit.
HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Distilled water in bottle marked B was made into a solution by dissolving one tablet of A-dec ICX™ in 0.7 liters of pure distilled water. Seven dental units continued to receive pure distilled water, while the rest received the A-dec ICXTM tablet dissolved in distilled water.
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There was insufficient evidence (p (0.391) > 0.0083) to reject the null hypothesis that post-test mean bacterial cfu/ml was similar across treatment group levels when controlling for the covariate (pre-test). There was a statistically significant difference (p lt; 0.0083.) in the post-test mean bacterial cfu/ml across treatment group levels when controlling for the covariate (pre-test).
INTERIM ANALYSIS AT THE END OF WEEK 1
There was insufficient evidence (p (0.860) > 0.0083) to reject the null hypothesis that the covariate (pre-test) did not differ across levels of the independent variable (treatment group) in the analysis. There was insufficient evidence (p (0.860) > 0.0083) to reject the null hypothesis that the covariate (pre-test) did not differ across the levels of the independent variable (treatment group) in the analysis.
ANALYSIS AT THE END OF WEEK 5
The interaction effect between the variable (pre-test) and the independent variable (treatment group) in a model including the interaction between the covariate and the independent variable was not significant (p (0.188) > 0.0083). The interaction effect between the variable (pre-test) and the independent variable (group) in a model including the interaction between the covariate and the independent variable was not significant (p (0.364) > 0.0083).
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< 0.0083.) in the posttest mean bacterial cfu/ml by treatment group levels while controlling for the covariate (pretest). This study was designed to determine the effect of A-dec ICXTM on bacterial counts in dental unit water.
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A comparison of different disinfectants on the microbiological quality of water from dental unit water lines in a military hospital. Evaluation of bacterial contamination of dental unit water lines and the effectiveness of a commercially available disinfectant.
MATERIALS AND METHOD
This was followed by a request to elaborate on any of the questions they had answered negatively through an open inquiry. Further questions related to the frequency of use of the University's computer facilities (daily, weekly, monthly, semesterly or never), and to indicate whether they had to wait in line to use these facilities at the University and their residences. .
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Sixty (27.5%) of the students did not have access to the Internet, especially for study purposes, in the apartment or private, while they indicated that they did not have easy access to the Internet at all. The results of this study revealed that not all students had equal access to the Internet and online learning opportunities.
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In the second half of 2017, a cross-sectional survey was conducted for all dental students from the second to the fifth year of study at the Oral and Dental Hospital of the University of Pretoria. The survey also asked about the frequency of use of online resources in the context of their studies (see the far left column in Table 1 for detailed questions asked).
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This study aimed to gauge online learning requirements and perceived self-efficacy of dental students to utilize certain elements of the online learning space. This is not surprising, as many of the students grew up with such technology and may have also received training in this regard.
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To achieve this, authentic exercises requiring these skills will need to be rolled out as part of teaching, learning and assessment, for example to continuously look for the latest documentation16 to diagnose and perform procedures. Educators can reach a wider audience on a more personal level, while students should be able to study at their own pace and revisit topics they find confusing or difficult to conceptualize.
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Dental enamel is the rarest but most enduring component of all the tissues in the human body, but contains by contrast the most detailed historiography of its development. In this respect, tooth enamel is the most versatile exponent of its development mechanisms and the acquisition of its complex form.
ENAMEL FORMATION
Tooth enamel constitutes the least quantitative and rarest component of all tissues in the human body, but is the most durable and hardest component of ectodermal cellular development. Tooth enamel consists mainly of apatite and has a hardness between steel and titanium of 5 on the Mohs hardness scale.
REVIEW
Tooth enamel is the hardest tissue in the body, starting in a protein gel that is impregnated with nanometer-sized minerals in a three-dimensional network. He presented with pain associated with diffuse swelling on the left side of the floor of the mouth.
CASE REPORT
One of the most common diseases affecting the salivary glands and a major cause of salivary gland dysfunction is salivary stones.1. When minor salivary glands are mainly involved in the oral mucosa, on the upper lip, which forms a firm nodule that can mimic a tumor.
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Inflammation, scarring of the ductus, and formation of strictures are common consequences of intraductal stones. After removal of the gland or duct, the patient will have a severe decrease in saliva flow.
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Is there an association between stress and periodontitis?
Unadjusted measures of the association between stress and periodontitis indicated that there was only an association between stress and probing depth ≥ 4 mm. This study with a large sample size provides evidence of a link between stress and periodontitis.
Is there an association between periodontitis and all-cause and cancer mortality?
There were significant associations with periodontitis for all-cause mortality and cancer mortality. Association between periodontitis and all-cause and cancer mortality: a retrospective cohort study of the elderly.
CONCLUSIONS
After deleting participants who had one or more missing variables related to education level (marital status (n = 1347) and smoking status (n = 335) at baseline, the Cox proportional hazards model and the Cox regression estimated the hazard ratio for all-cause and all-cancer mortality and included age, sex, education level, marital status, smoking status, and periodontal status. However, there was no significant difference (p > 0.05 ) in the percentages between the periodontally healthy group and the periodontitis group according to marital status and diabetes.
INTERPRETATION
In the front part of the maxilla it is favored, while in the mandible the symphysis, coronoid and condylar processes are affected. To this extent, practicing dentistry in the 21st century is complex3 and amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, OHCW presents itself with more pitfalls.
PATIENT AUTONOMY
The healthcare professional should carefully consider the guidelines outlined in several of the booklets, as patient care has multiple dimensions where COVID-19 has impacted clinical practice. In an effort to provide guidance on the ethical dilemmas facing OHCW during this COVID-19 pandemic, ethical reasoning of "what a reasonable OHCW would do" is required.
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The protection of confidentiality is more complex and must be explained to the patient in relation to the COVID-19 dilemma of contact tracing should such a scenario arise. The risk of being in close proximity to a COVID-19 patient presents a scenario for the OHCW that the practice or clinic may become a link for further spread of the virus.
NON-MALEFICENCE
In the case of an OHCW who is sick or suspected to be a PUI for COVID-19 infections, the OHCW has an obligation to first inform the practice or clinic and its management. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and when SA entered level 5 containment, the OHCW has remained available to manage dental emergencies and other procedures based on the proposed guidelines received from SADA.
BENEFICENCE
Limiting on-site work activities will also ensure that the office or clinic does not become a link to COVID-19 for patients and staff who may contribute to local transmission of the virus.2,5 When a positive OHCW recovers and receives the appropriate number of negative tests for COVID- 19, the OHCW may resume its normal duties. Universal disinfection precautions such as the SADA guideline should be followed at all times and should be adhered to in clinics or practices where both the dentist and staff follow these protocols strictly to reduce the impact of the practice becoming a link to COVID-19. .
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With the literature on the COVID-19 pandemic becoming increasingly clear, genuine communication with patients remains the best approach. SADA Dental Clinical Protocol in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic SADA Dental Clinical Protocol in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020: A South African Private Practice Perspective Dentistry is potentially dangerous to ourselves, our patients and our S [Internet].
VERACITY/JUSTICE
In a spirit of collaboration and professional courtesy, extra PPE could be shared with colleagues experiencing shortages to promote well-being across the healthcare system. In addition, dental professionals should be aware that ethical practices may need to be modified or refined during such unconventional times as a pandemic without any consequences for them.
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Given that the practice or clinic may become a hub for further spread of COVID-19, the OHCW should apply. They do not disclose and discuss COVID-19-related challenges in the practice/clinic with patients C.
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