Role Of Dental Surgeon Research Articles

Dentist ‘An Arsenal’ in the Journey of ‘Tooth in the Eye’-the Osteo-Odonto-Kerato-Prosthesis [OOKP

Background: Global blindness is mainly due to Cataract, after this Corneal disease is the major cause. For end stage corneal disease, the only successful treatment is by providing Osteo-Odonto-Kerato-Prosthesis (OOKP). The dental surgeon will play a vital role in this surgeon. After extracting a canine tooth from the patient, the dental surgeon places the acrylic lamina in the centre of the dentine (Dental Lamina) which acts like an ocular lens, later the Ophthalmic surgeon will place the same in the patient’s blind eye to get vision.
 Review Results: After electronic search was done on the role of dental surgeon and OOKP , through PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Wiley Online, Science Direct Ebscohost and Google Scholar for articles published from 1960 to July 2022, using the Key words, Osteo-Odonto-Kerato Prosthesis (OOKP), Modified Osteo-Odonto-Kerato Prosthesis (MOOKP), Osteo-Odonto-Alveolar Lamina, Corneal Disease Tooth-in-Eye, and Poly Methyl Meth Acrylate (PMMA) Cylinder, finally 14 articles were found to be relevant for the present research topic.
 Conclusion: Studies shows OOKP is providing vision and the success rate more than 85%. Not a single study mentioned the importance of a dental surgeon in OOKP surgery.
 Clinical Significance: Though the dental curriculum not mentioned directly about the role of a dentist in the OOKP surgery, but all the dental surgeons should have knowledge on OOOKP Surgery.

Kindler syndrome and role of dental surgeon

Introduction: Kindler syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder with multisystem involvement such as cutaneous, oral, gastrointestinal, and urogenital manifestations. Rationale: Timely diagnosis and management of this syndrome are warranted. The dental surgeon has a prime role in diagnosing the same and halting the progression of gingivitis to periodontitis and referring the patient to appropriate specialists for effective and timely management of the same. Patient Concerns: In this case report, a 17-year-old patient had reported with the chief complaint of spontaneous bleeding from gums and swollen gums since birth, and blackish pigmentation of the skin. Diagnosis: On examination, the patient had poikiloderma, photosensitivity, gingival fragility, and skin atrophy suggesting a diagnosis of Kindler syndrome. Interventions: Oral prophylaxis was done for the patient on several sittings and the patient was on continuous follow-up for 2 years. Dermatology and urology opinions were sought and advice was followed. Outcomes: The patient had complete regression of spontaneous gingival bleeding and oral hygiene had also become satisfactory. Lesson: Prompt diagnosis of the disease with appropriate and early intervention by a dental surgeon could definitely stop the disease progression.

Temperopareital Methyl Methacrylate Cranioplasty-A Preliminary Case Study And Technical Note

Temperoparietalcranioplasty are largely performed among all other varieties of craniolplasty and the role of Dental surgeon in these case is discussed in elaborate in restoring the defect with polymethyl methacrylate plate Post trauma cranial defects in 5 selected cases and their defect correction technique discussed in this paper.

Prevention and control of oralcancer: key role of dental surgeon

Oral cancer is one of the deadliest cancer. The incidence of this cancer is increasing every year, conversely this cancer is curable and even it is totally preventable. This paper reviews the preventive aspects of oral cancer.

A importância da saúde bucal na ótica de pacientes hospitalizados

The perception of oral condition is an important health indicator as it synthesizes the condition of objective health, subjective answers, cultural values and expectative. The study evaluated the importance of oral health according to the perception of inpatients of a hospital unit at Araçatuba city, São Paulo State. A partially structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The program Epi Info 2000 was used to statistics analysis. The results show that half of patients affirmed that visited a dental surgeon on a period between 6 and 12 months due to periodontal problems (35%) and dental caries (20%). It was observed that although all patients consider to have a good oral hygiene, the periodontal treatment was identified like the more necessary among them (67.93%). The presence of a dental surgeon at the hospital clinical group was considered by all the patients essential to collaborate with the integral care of health of inpatients. About the role of dental surgeon in a hospital, the majority of patients (90.63%) affirmed to be the act of "caring on the teeth". So, it is possible to conclude that all the patients know the importance of the maintenance of oral health appropriated conditions specially of inpatients.