10-year follow-up study on attendance pattern after dental treatment in primary oral health care clinic for fearful patients.

Background: Dental fear may lead to avoidance of regular dental treatment. The scope of this long-term practe-based study was to monitor the dental attendance of patients who received chair-side dental and fear treatment.

Methods: In 2000-2006, patients in the City of Oulu, Finland, received treatment for dental fear in the Clinic for Fearful Dental Patients (CFDP) from primary health care dentists trained on this subject.

[Pressure ulcer and tetanus in an elderly person].

Clostridium tetani, the bacterium causing tetanus, can be found both in the soil and intestinal normal flora. While the majority of the Finnish population has adequate vaccination protection, part of the population exhibits weakened protection. We describe a case in which a patient developed tetanus as a consequence of pressure ulcer.

[Acute methemoglobinemia in a young girl].

Methemoglobinemia is an acute and potentially life-threatening condition. It can be congenital but more often acquired. Suspected the diagnosis of this condition is straight forward.