Patient Safety and Perception of Quality in University Dental Hospitals: A French National Survey.

Objectives: Patient safety is poorly developed in dentistry. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of patient safety perception and quality culture in French university dental hospitals.

Methods: A national survey was performed using a questionnaire that was sent electronically to dental students, teachers, senior professionals, and paramedics of the university dental clinics that volunteered to participate.

Oral management in a patient with Gardner-Diamond Syndrome: A case report.

Introduction: Gardner-Diamond Syndrome (GDS) is rare. It is characterized by the spontaneous formation of painful erythematous skin lesions that develop into ecchymoses within 24 h and then disappear progressively over days to weeks. The complications can be serious.

Osteonecrosis of the jaw induced by arsenic trioxide therapy in a leukemia patient: A rare case report and literature review.

A patient suffering from acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) was referred to the dental department before introduction of chemotherapy by all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide (ATO). A panoramic radiography showed his third upper maxillary left tooth included into the maxillary bone. The patient presented with a febrile episode.

Brain abscesses and intracranial empyema due to dental pathogens: Case series.

Introduction: Spontaneous brain abscess and intracranial empyema are rare but life-threatening diseases. They can result from potential complications of oral chronic infections. Given the similarity between most of the germs commonly found both in cerebral abscess and in oral cavity and its anatomic proximity, the oral cavity represents a major source of cerebral infections.