Palliative Dental Care- A Boon for Debilitating
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4427
Bhavana Sujana Mulk, Raja Lakshmi Chintamaneni,
Prabhat Mpv, Sarat Gummadapu, Shyam Sundar Salvadhi
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Drs Sudha and Nageswararo, Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences,
Chinaoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Drs Sudha and Nageswararo, Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences,
Chinaoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3. Professor & HOD, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Drs Sudha and Nageswararo, Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences,
Chinaoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India.
4. Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Drs Sudha and Nageswararo, Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences,
Chinaoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics, Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences Internal Rd, Konthamuru, Rajahmundry,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sujana Mulk Bhavana,
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Drs Sudha and Nageswara Rao
Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinaoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Phone: 09666648325, 09493245173, E-mail: sujana_55@yahoo.com
World Health Organization defines “palliative care” as the active total care of patients whose disease is not responding to curative treatment. Palliative care actually deals with patients at the terminal end stage of the disease. We always face a question why a dentist should be in a palliative team? What is the exact role of dentist? Dental treatment may not always be strenuous and curative, but also can focus on improving quality of life of the patient. Hence forth the present paper enlightens the importance of dentist role in palliative team.
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