A Practical Approach to Special Care in Dentistry. Группа авторов

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About the Authors

      Dr Pedro Diz Dios MD, DDS, PhD, EDiOM, FDSRCS (Edin) Professor, Consultant and Head of the Special Needs Unit at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Santiago de Compostela University (Spain). He is a member of the International Association of Disability & Oral Health (IADH) Curriculum Working Group and IADH Scientific Committee, and Honorary Visiting Professor at the UCL‐Eastman Dental Institute (UK). He has written and edited 10 books, over 40 book chapters and over 220 papers cited on MEDLINE. He is the Editor in Chief of Special Care Dentistry Journal, an Associate Editor of Oral Diseases Journal and of Medicina Oral Cirugía Oral Patología Bucal, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Disability and Oral Health.

      Dr Navdeep Kumar BDS, FDSRCS (Eng), PhD, Cert RDP, Cert Surg & Pros Implantology Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Divisional Clinical Director RNENT & EDH, at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Over the last 20 years Dr Navdeep Kumar has been committed to special care dentistry (SCD) and has acquired an extensive range of clinical, teaching and research experience in the area to ensure the delivery of high‐quality oral care for people with an impairment or disability. She has considerable expertise in the clinical management of the medically compromised patient and the management of oral complications of systemic diseases. She has an integral role in training others with an interest in SCD, examining in this field, and is actively involved in the promotion of oral care for this vulnerable cohort, contributing to the development of national and international guidelines and numerous publications in this area.

List of Contributors

      Fatima Al Sarraf BDS (Hons)‐NUI, MFDS (RCSI), KBAGD, MGDS (RCSI), MSC (SCD), FGDS (RCSI) Advanced General and Special Care Dentistry, Ministry Of Health Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait

      Sofia Bonvallet Commentz BSD, PgDip, MSc University of Valparaiso & Valparaiso San Antonio Health Service, Valparaiso, Chile

      Lim Guang Xu David BDS, MSc, PGDip, ACLP, MFDS (RCS Ed) Tzu Chi Free Clinic, Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, Geriatric and Special Needs Dentistry Clinic, National Dental Centre Singapore, Oral Health Therapy, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore

      Javier Fernández Feijoo MD, DDS, MSc, PhD, PCD Special Care Dentistry Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, EOXI Santiago de Compostela, Galician Health Service (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Márcio Diniz Freitas DDS, MSc, FDS, PhD

      Special Care Dentistry Unit. School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

      Emma Vázquez García DDS, MSc, PhD, PCD EOXI Pontevedra‐Salnés, Galician Health Service (SERGAS), Pontevedra, Spain

      María Consuelo Cousido González MD, PhD, BDS, BDM, PCD EOXI Coruña‐Cee, Galician Health Service (SERGAS), La Coruña, Spain

      Jee‐Yun Leung BDSc (Hons), MSc (SCD), DSCD (RCS Eng) Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Special Needs Unit, Adelaide Dental Hospital, SA Dental, Adelaide, Australia

      Lucía Lago Méndez DDS, MSc, FDS, PhD, PCD EOXI Santiago de Compostela, Galician Health Service (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

       Ricca Mae Roco‐Bernardino DMD, MSc (SCD)

      The Medical City and Philippine Children's Medical Center, Metro Manila, Philippines

Preface

      Special Care Dentistry (SCD) was previously defined by patient characteristics, such as their medical condition or behavioural issues. However, it has changed in recent decades to reflect the complexity of providing holistic oral care for patients with multiple comorbidities which may lead to physical and/or intellectual, sensory, mental or social impairment. Although it commonly relates