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This book equips the reader with a sound understanding of the treatment of neglected and vulnerable patients in the dental office. It offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to atraumatic carious treatment, minimal intervention dentistry, TMJ affections and nutritional consequences. Maintaining proper oral health includes managing of oral hygiene, healthy diet and seeking for a treatment when needed. Untreated dental disease can have a significant adverse impact on the health, wellbeing and quality of life. This book helps practitioners to understand and address the needs of dental neglected adults and children, and guide them through prevention procedures, diagnostics and treatment planning. Important techniques like physiologic impression for removable denture, single crown impression, digital planning and prosthodontic bridges are explained, and socio-demographic and economic changes in Oral Health are discussed. The comprehensive coverage of the topic and the evidencebased references make this book a must have for dental practitioners.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Oral Health: Ethical and Clinical Concerns.- Chapter 2: Prevention for Vulnerable Patients: Atraumatic Carious Treatment and Mild-To-Moderate Periodontal Therapy.- Chapter 3: Dental Neglect.- Chapter 4: The Vulnerable Patients Group: The Global Oral Health Concept.- Chapter 5: The TMJ Troubles and Their Nutritional Consequences.- Chapter 6: Prevention Strategy - A Practical Protocol for Elderly Patients.
About the author
Prof. A.Mersel is associate professor at the Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine and a Specialist in Oral Rehabilitation. He acted as Director of Complete Dentures and Gerodontics, and was the Founder and Chair of the European College of Gerodontology. Prof. Mersel was appointed Convenor and Chair of the FDI Section of Gerodontolgy and the former Director for FDI Europe Continuing Education Program. He currently serves as Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Dental Medicine Department Community Dentistry Jerusalem, and as Director of Studies at The Geneva Institute of Medical Dentistry. Dr. Mersel published 105 scientific articles, 3 Chapters in Textbooks and recently a book: Oral Rehabilitation for Compromised and Elderly Patients.
Report
Treatment dilemmas for vulnerable patients in oral health: clinical and ethical issues, edited by Professor Alexander Mersel, seeks to explore both the clinical and ethical challenges associated with managing the oral health of vulnerable patients worldwide, and provide practical solutions to improve care. the book successfully encourages readers to broaden their understanding of what oral health care for vulnerable patients involves. Furthermore, the authors provide practical advice on managing the oral health of vulnerable individuals on a day-to-day basis. (Jamie Daly, British Dental Journal, Vol. 238 (7), April, 2025)
