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Review article: Management of dental emergencies by medical practitioners: Recommendations for Australian education and training
Author(s) -
Skapetis Tony,
Gerzina Tania,
Hu Wendy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01384.x
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , dental education , dental practice , training (meteorology) , work (physics) , dental care , continuing education , medical education , family medicine , medical emergency , dentistry , mechanical engineering , physics , meteorology , engineering
Dental emergencies commonly present to EDs and primary care consultations. The medical practitioner is often ill‐prepared in the primary management of dental emergencies because of a lack of education in this field of practice. A published work review covering the nature, incidence, education and training surrounding this topic is presented together with recommendations for Australian practice.