Discrepancy in medications reported by elderly patients in the dental office and in their electronic medical records: A pilot study.

Aims: This study's main objective was to analyze the discrepancy between the dental medication record (DMR) and the physician-prescribed active medications recorded in the medical medication record (MMR).

Methods: The study group consisted of 100 adults who attended the University Dental Clinic (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) requesting dental care. A dental history was created for all participants that included the DMR.

A practical approach to dental care for patients with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.

Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is a polymalformative chromosomal disorder caused by a deletion in the distal region of the short arm of chromosome 4. The disease is considered rare (1/50,000 births) and predominantly affects females (2:1). In addition to the characteristic facial phenotype ("Greek warrior helmet"), its clinical manifestations include epilepsy, developmental and psychomotor delay, intellectual disability, cardiac and respiratory complications, and eating problems.

Mandibular cortical indices on cone-beam computed tomography images in osteoporotic women on treatment with oral bisphosphonates.

Objective: To evaluate the mandibular cortical indices in osteoporotic women receiving oral bisphosphonates (oBPs).

Material And Methods: The study group included 46 Caucasian women aged over 55 years on treatment with oBPs for postmenopausal osteoporosis. Information recorded included age, weight, height, type of oBP, duration of treatment, comorbid conditions and coadjuvant medication.

Criteria for the prescription of oral bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in a series of women referred for tooth extraction.

Objective: To evaluate the criteria for the prescription of oral bisphosphonates (OB) in a series of women with osteoporosis referred for tooth extraction.

Study Design: The study included 38 postmenopausal women on treatment with OBs. The following variables were analysed: age, weight, height, type of OB and duration of treatment, bone densitometry and risk factors for osteoporosis.

Chemoprophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis recommended by general dental practitioners in Spain.

The aim of this study was to assess the current practice of antibiotic prophylaxis of Bacterial Endocarditis (BE) among General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) in Spain. GDPs were asked over the telephone by a fictitious patient what antibiotic prophylaxis they would administer to an "at risk" patient for BE before a tooth extraction. Four hundred randomly selected Spanish GDPs were surveyed, 200 of them were asked about BE prophylaxis in penicillin non-allergic patients and the remaining 200 in penicillin allergic patients.

Pre-assessment of severely handicapped patients suitable of dental treatment under general anesthesia.

Objective: To analyze the importance of an individualized preoperative assessment in severely handicapped patients suitable of dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA).

Design: The study group consisted of 564 patients referred to a Special Needs Unit specialized in the dental care of handicapped people, who would be treated under GA. Medical and dental records of every patient were evaluated, as well as the findings in the oral examination and the assessment carried out by the anesthesiologists.