Charu Khurana

Dental care is extremely costly and beyond most people means in developing countries. Having a great smile, not only instills confidence but also a feeling of self pride and accomplishment. However, the prohibitive cost of dental treatment has become a hindrance that deprives people from readily availing services from qualified clinicians. Paying the full price for dental treatment can be overwhelming and challenging, especially if major dental work needs to be done. This book encompasses the importance of finance in dental care, how increase in cost in dental care creates a hurdle for community and leads to an increase in dental problems. It also includes a number of mechanisms that can be opted to pay a dentist fee.

Anthropology is a search, an investigation into what we are now, from where we came and how we got to be the way we are today. To divine the future of man it is necessary to look back into past and search for clues left behind in the sands of time. The study of man and his evolution is not complete and additional knowledge will only help us understand ourselves better. An appreciation of dental variations within and between populations provides the phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspective upon which sound clinical practice should be based.

Fundamentals of Oral Health Care for people with special needs (Fundamentos dos cuidados de sa de oral para pessoas com necessidades especiais) oferece uma panor mica abrangente e s lida dos cuidados especiais em medicina dent ria, reflectindo os problemas orofaciais frequentemente encontrados em indiv duos com defici ncias. Este livro abrange a introdu o a grupos especiais e a gest o do tratamento de pacientes com necessidades dent rias com defici ncias de desenvolvimento e clinicamente comprometidas. Tamb m s o apresentadas orienta es para os profissionais de medicina dent ria sobre as semelhan as e diferen as entre uma pr tica dent ria tradicional e uma pr tica dedicada aos cuidados especiais.

Fundamentals of Oral Health Care for people with special needs offre une vue d'ensemble compl te et solide des soins sp ciaux en dentisterie, refl tant les probl mes oro-faciaux couramment rencontr s chez les personnes handicap es. Ce livre couvre l'introduction aux groupes sp ciaux et la gestion du traitement des patients ayant un handicap de d veloppement et des patients m dicalement compromis ayant des besoins dentaires. Il donne galement des conseils aux professionnels de l'odontologie sur les similitudes et les diff rences entre un cabinet dentaire traditionnel et un cabinet d di aux soins sp ciaux.

Fundamentals of Oral Health Care for people with special needs offre una panoramica completa e solida delle cure speciali in odontoiatria che riflette i problemi oro-facciali comunemente riscontrati tra le persone con disabilit . Questo libro tratta l'introduzione ai gruppi speciali e la gestione del trattamento di pazienti con disabilit dello sviluppo e con esigenze odontoiatriche medicalmente compromesse. Vengono inoltre fornite indicazioni ai professionisti dell'odontoiatria sulle somiglianze e le differenze tra uno studio dentistico tradizionale e uno studio dedicato alle cure speciali.

Grundlagen der Mundgesundheitspflege f r Menschen mit besonderen Bed rfnissen bietet einen umfassenden und soliden berblick ber die besondere Pflege in der Zahnmedizin, der die h ufig auftretenden orofazialen Probleme von Menschen mit Behinderungen widerspiegelt. Dieses Buch behandelt die Einf hrung in spezielle Gruppen und das Behandlungsmanagement von entwicklungsbehinderten und medizinisch beeintr chtigten Patienten mit zahnmedizinischen Bed rfnissen. Es enth lt auch Hinweise f r zahnmedizinische Fachkr fte zu den Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschieden zwischen einer herk mmlichen Zahnarztpraxis und einer Praxis f r Spezialbehandlungen.