Open AccessIntegrating dentistry into palliative medicine - Novel insights and opportunities
Author(s) -
Abdul Majeed,
Auswaf Ahsan,
Manoj Vengal,
Prejith Sampath,
G. K. Vivek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-0105
pISSN - 1029-4864
DOI - 10.17159/2519-0105/2021/v76no3a6
Subject(s) - palliative care , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , oral health , oral medicine , nursing , oral health care , dentistry , family medicine , sociology , social science
Palliative care is a global human right, to be provided in a systematic way. The dentist can help the patient right from the initial diagnosis of the condition up to the relief of pain in the terminal stages of the diseases. This inquiry into the oral physician‘s role on elderly care and special needs would be of benefit to researchers of Palliative Dentistry; particularly in multidisciplinary contexts. This text proposes to discussintegrated oral care, oral health care delivery system, and a flow of educational actions, resources, research, conceptual framework, guidelines and dissemination of newer trends in oral palliative care.