title: Interpreting the medical history.
abstract: Oral health care for the medically compromised patient requires that the practitioner possess an ability to appropriately gather and critically analyze a patient's medical history. This paper will provide the reader with an introduction to medical history collection and analysis. The various major systems will be presented in a manner that will simplify the assessment of a patient's history. A simplified method for dental treatment planning using a dental risk assessment and prognosis evaluation scale called PARS (Prognosis and Assessment of Risk Scale) will be presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Jolly
mesh_terms: D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires