Open AccessPalliative Dental Care- A Boon for Debilitating
Author(s) -
Bhavana Sujana Mulk,
Raja Lakshmi Chintamaneni,
Mpv Prabhat,
Sarat Gummadapu,
Shyam Sundar Salvadhi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8898.4427
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , palliative treatment , curative treatment , face (sociological concept) , family medicine , surgery , sociology , pathology , social science
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.