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Patient
Selection
Medical
History Protocols
The
completed Medical History Questionnaire forms the basis of the
medical history. At the assessment visit, the examining dentist
checks the self-completed medical history questionnaire. If
there is any doubt as to a patients' suitability for treatment
in the clinic, we arrange for a separate medical assessment
with one of our consultant anaesthetists. Where possible, we
advise patients to accept sedation rather than general anaesthesia
when discussing treatment in this medical context.
Only
patients assessed as fit and healthy or with controlled systemic
disease (ASA I or II) are appropriate for conscious sedation
at this clinic.
If
the patient is clearly unsuitable for treatment at this clinic
on medical grounds, we will arrange to refer them to secondary
care services in hospital by the Community Dental Services.
The
following are mentioned as a guide to how patients' medical
suitability for treatment at this clinic is assessed. Final
decisions about suitability are up to the medical anaesthetist.
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