title: [Treatment planning. Learning to solve complicated dental problems].
abstract: The importance of comprehensive care treatment planning in dental undergraduate and graduate curricula has long been underestimated. With a decreasing prevalence of dental diseases an increasing interest in the subject has been recognized. Comprehensive care treatment planning requires a strategic approach to resolve a patient's problems in a logical sequence and at a a priori estimation of treatment time and costs. The strategy outlined in this work comprises a phasing of the treatment along urgency criteria. Initially, immediate problems are resolved, followed by microbial problems, functional problems, after which a maintenance plan is established. A treatment planning model is introduced to enable students to hold track of the overall treatment plan and to advice students how to address specific dental problems.
authors.affiliation: Groupe Cariologie et Endodontologie, Sous-Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Verdonschot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004497:Education, Dental; D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011340:Problem Solving