title: [Dental medicine in the service of the mentally handicapped: personal experiences].
abstract: The article is the reflection of twenty years of experience in dental care for the handicapped. The first part of the article gives you general advises called 'golden rules' and a planning method. In the second part you can find advises how to deal with the different disciplines of dental care as prosthesis, extraction, etc. A lot of examples illustrate the theory.
authors.affiliation: Institut pour handicapés mentaux, Poperinge.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verstraete
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003829:Denture, Partial; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014099:Toothbrushing