Specialty Care Articles

• Treatment Considerations for a Full-Mouth Reconstruction of a Transgender Patient

  Brenda J. Nishimura DDS, FAGD
  Compendium - September 2017

• Palliative Care Dentistry: Focusing on Quality of Life

  Michael Wiseman, DDS, FASGD, DABSCD, M RCS (Edin)
  Compendium - September 2017

• Clinical, Imaging, and Laboratory Findings in Sjögren’s Syndrome

  Aruanda Fiche, DMD, Alynne Vieira Menezes, DDS, PhD, Claudia Scigliano Valerio, MSD, Martinho Campolina Rebello Horta, DDS, Flávio Ricardo Manzi, DDS, PhD
  Compendium - September 2017

• Relieving Dry Mouth: Varying Levels of pH Found in Bottled Water

  Bailey Jean Fisher, Angela Spencer, PhD, Van Haywood, DMD, Gayathri Konchady, DMD
  Compendium - Jul/Aug 2017

• Removing Obstacles to Oral Care for Patients With Special Needs

  Compendium - March 2017

• Hypofunction of the Sympathetic Nervous System as a Possible Etiologic Cause of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis

  Steven I. Present, DMD, Jerome H. Check, MD, PhD
  Compendium - June 2016

  Two cases of chronic aphthous stomatitis are described as well as the diagnosis and treatment.

• Autonomic Nervous System Trial: Control and Resolve for Sleep-Breathing Disorders

  Jeffrey S. Rouse, DDS
  Compendium - May 2016

  This article will discuss the shortcomings of traditional approaches for dealing with obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep-breathing conditions and provide a protocol, which involved the autonomic ...

• Xerostomia in the Geriatric Patient: Causes, Oral Manifestations, and Treatment

  Aviv Ouanounou, BSc, MSc, DDS
  Compendium - May 2016

  This article reviews the main reasons for xerostomia and the complications it causes in the oral cavity.

• Diagnostic, Evaluation, and Treatment Approaches Used in Dental Sleep Medicine

  Stephen Poss, DDS
  Compendium - March 2016

  This article reviews diagnostic and evaluation technologies, as well as surgical and nonsurgical treatments, currently available for dentists collaborating in the treatment of patients with sleep brea...

• Diagnostic Value of Halitosis Examination Methods

  Murat Aydin, DDS, PhD, Curd ML Bollen, DDS, PhD, MSc, Murat Eren Özen, MD
  Compendium - March 2016

  This article seeks to summarize findings and review methods of examining halitosis to determine their usefulness.

• Best Practices for Managing the Diabetic Patient in the Dental Office

  Brian L. Mealey, DDS, MS, Robert J. Genco, DDS, PhD, Rachel A. Schallhorn, DDS, MS
  Compendium - January 2016

  This article examines the relationship between diabetes and periodontal disease and offers practical considerations for dentists treating diabetic patients.

• General Anesthesia for Dental Treatment in a Patient With Huntington’s Chorea

  Irena Haimov-Kaldess, DMD, Doron Haim, DMD, MPA, Adi A. Garfunkel, DMD
  Compendium - January 2016

  This article discusses factors that are of significant concern to the dentist anesthesiologist team treating patients with Huntington’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.

• Systematic Risk Management: Providing a Patient the Smile She Long Desired

  Ali Afshar, DDS
  Compendium - September 2015

• Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Gingiva in a Patient on Long-Term Use of Methotrexate Being Treated for Psoriasis

  Nathan Shapiro, DDS
  Compendium - June 2015

  An 81-year-old male patient presented with a large gingival ulcer of 2 months’ duration. He had been taking methotrexate, a potent anti-inflammatory/immunosuppressant, for the past 50 years to treat...

• Oral Rehabilitation and Psychosocial Evaluation of a Patient with Bulimia Nervosa Following Teeth in a Day® Immediate Loading Protocol

  Stephen F. Balshi, MBE, Thomas J. Balshi, DDS, PhD, FACP, Glenn J. Wolfinger, DMD, FACP, Stephen G. Alfano, DDS, MS, FACP, J. Neil Della Croce, DMD, MS
  Compendium - April 2015

  The purpose of this patient report is to accurately portray the clinical experience of treating an active bulimic patient by employing an immediately loaded dental implant protocol to provide the pati...