Planning dental treatment for people with special needs.
People with disabilities and other special needs present unique challenges for oral health professionals in planning and carrying out dental treatment. This article presents a schema for planning dental treatment that encourages the oral health provider to fully consider multiple medical, social, psychologic and dental findings when preparing treatment recommendations for a patient with special needs. If these factors are fully integrated, the resulting treatment recommendations provide the best chance of helping the individual achieve and maintain a lifetime of oral health.
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University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 2155 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. pglassman@pacific.edu
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