Introduction to the Dental Profession

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Introduction to the Dental Profession
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History of dentistry

• Early times
• Done by physicians
• Physicians became specialists for different parts
  of the body.
• Dentatores
• 1st reference to a Dentist
• Hesi-Re (1st recorded dentist)
• Treatment
• Removing (extracting) the tooth.

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Progress of Dentistry

• Guy de Chauliac
• Wrote Hygienic Rules for Oral Hygiene
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Great contributor to Anatomy and Physiology
• 1st to note difference of molars and premolars.

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Progress of Dentistry

• Pierre Fauchard
• Wrote 1st book on dentistry
• Encouraged treatment of gum disease
• Perfected several dental treatments
• Aka Founder of Modern Dentistry

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Progress of Dentistry

• Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
• German physicist
• Discovered x-rays
• 1895

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Progress of Dentistry

• Dr. Greene Vardiman Black.
• Aka G.V. Black
• Taught in several dental schools
• Invented
• machines for testing alloys
• Instruments for preparing a tooth.
• Cavity classifications

• Grand old man of Dentistry

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Progress of Dentistry

• Lucy Beaman Hobbs
• 1st woman to graduate from a dental school.
• Ohio College of Dental Surgery.

• Robert Tanner Freeman
• 1st African American to graduate from dental
  school.
• Harvard School of Dental Medicine

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American Dental Association

• ADA
• Founded in
• 1859
• Promotes excellence in dentistry
• Approves products for consumer use.

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The Dental Team

• Dentist
• Requires a formal education
• 2-4 yrs of undergrad / prerequisite classes
• 4 yrs of dental school (ADA accredited)
• 5 at Harvard
• Will graduate w/ 1 of 2 degrees.

• DDS
• Doctor of Dental Surgery
• DMD
• Doctor of Dental Medicine, or
• Doctor of Medical Dentistry
• No difference in training, education.

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The Dental Team

• Dental Hygienist
• Irene Morgan (1st)
• Provides a prophylaxis
• Cleaning
• Can also do
• Sealants
• X-rays
• Shots (injections)
• Some restorations
• (fillings)
• ADHA

• Dental Laboratory Technician
• Usually not in the office.
• Make / fabricate dental appliances.
• Crowns
• Porcelain
• Gold
• Dentures
• Full
• Partial

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The Dental Team

• Dental Assistant
• Ladies in Attendance
• Assist the dentist
• Chairside
• Front office
• Any / all duties in a dental office.
• EFDA
• Expanded function dental assistant
• EFODA
• Expanded function orthodontic dental assistant

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Certified Dental Assistant

• CDA aka RDA
• Certified / Registered Dental Assistant
• DANB
• Dental Assisting National Board
• Certifies Dental Assistants
• Must Pass RHS radiation health and safety
• ICE Infection Control exam
• GC General Chairside.
• 12 hours of continuing education to maintain
  credential.

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Dental Specialties

• Dental Public Health
• Prevention of dental disease
• Education of the public/community.
• Endodontics
• Treat the pulp
• Surrounding tissues.
• Root Canal Dentist
• Endo inside / innermost
• Dont tooth

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Dental Specialties

• Oral and Maxillofacial pathology
• Aka Oral pathology
• Diagnosing
• Treating
• diseases and conditions of the mouth.

• Oral and Maxillofacial radiology
• Aka oral radiology
• Takes, Interprets and diagnoses
• any images produced by radiation of the oral
  cavity.

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Dental Specialties

• Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. (Oral Surgery)
• Abbrev. OMFS / OS
• Diagnosis
• Treatment / Surgery
• Injury
• Defect
• Disease
• Extraction of 3rd molars
• (wisdom teeth)

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Dental Specialties

• Orthodontics (Braces)
• Aka dentofacial orthopedics
• Ortho straight
• Dont teeth
• Diagnosis / Correction
• Malocclusion
• (Bad bite)
• Occlusion how your upper and lower teeth bite
  together.

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Dental Specialties

• Pediatric dentistry
• Aka pedodontics
• Treats children
• Birth adolescence
• Pts w/ special needs
• Emotional
• Mental
• Physical
• Behavior issues

• Periodontics
• Peri around
• Dont tooth
• Treats the tissues around the tooth.
• Gingiva gums
• Bone
• Ligament

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Dental Specialties

• Prosthodontics
• Prosthesis
• Fake body part
• Dont tooth
• Restore and maintain
• Oral function
• Crown (Cap)
• Bridge
• Partial denture
• Full denture
• Implants

• Not Yet Specialties
• Forensic dentistry.
• ID bite marks
• Ted Bundy
• ID victims of
• Crimes
• Fires
• Natural disasters
• Cosmetic dentistry
• Makes you look pretty
• Esthetics
• Not function

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Introduction to Psychology

• Study of human behavior.
• How people
• Think
• Act
• React
• Behave in certain situations.

• Paradigm.
• (pair-uh-dime)
• Persons acquired belief's
• Based on
• objective experiences
• I did it myself
• Subjective experiences
• Someone else did it.

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Abraham Maslow

• Founder of
• Humanistic psychology
• Identified levels of human needs.
• Basic needs must be met first.
• Address other needs of the patient
• See chart on right ?

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Introduction to Psychology

• Listening
• 2 ears
• 1 mouth
• We listen more than all other forms of
  communication.
• Different than hearing!

• Fear
• Subjective fear
• Based on other peoples experiences.
• Fear of the unknown.
• Objective fear
• Based on own experience
• Fear of known.
• Be Honest w/ your patients.

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Introduction to Psychology

• Anxiety
• Anticipation of danger or pain.
• Temporary response to stress.
• Hysteria
• Over reacting
• Physical response to emotional stress

• Phobia
• Intense dread or fear of objects or situations
• Dental visits (shots)
• Flying
• Heights
• Public attention.
• Avoid Tx at all costs.
• PAIN (discomfort)

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Conclusion

• Remember you are the dental professional
• You should know and understand more than your
  patients.
• Dealing with fearful, anxious patients is a very
  important part of your job.
• Communicating with your patients takes skill and
  patients.
• Any questions????