Tools and Equipment for Managing Special Care Patients Anywhere.
This article describes many of the tools and equipment used by dental professionals to successfully treat special care patients in a variety of settings. Such equipment can be used in the dental office, operating room, hospital, surgical center, nursing home, private home, institution, hospice, and even in the field without electricity. Equipment discussed includes seating, laughing gas and sedation systems, body wraps and mouth props, lighting, radiographic exposure and imaging systems, dental isolation devices, and other tools the authors use.
Dr. Harvey Levy & Associates, PC, 198 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 108, Frederick, MD 21702, USA; Department of Surgery, Frederick Memorial Hospital, 400 W 7th Street, Frederick, MD 21701, USA.
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Dr. Harvey Levy & Associates, PC, 198 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 108, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. Electronic address: drhlevy@gmail.com.
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Dental office; Equipment; Hospital dentistry; Operating room; Portable dentistry; Special care dentistry; Special needs patients; Tools