https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/570361
標題: | Strategies for oral health care for people with disabilities in Taiwan | 作者: | Jeng W.-L. TONG-MEI WANG Cher T.-L. CHUN-PIN LIN JIIANG-HUEI JENG |
公開日期: | 2009 | 出版社: | Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China | 卷: | 4 | 期: | 4 | 起(迄)頁: | 165-172 | 來源出版物: | Journal of Dental Sciences | 摘要: | Oral health care for disabled patients is an important health issue in Taiwan. Disabled patients seeking dental care include those with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, Down syndrome, autism, xerostomia, AIDS, loss of function of major organs, and neurologic diseases. Current dental health care policies do not completely address this critical oral health issue. Most of these physically or mentally disabled patients cannot find suitable or qualified dental services in local dental clinics or even hospitals. Our current health care insurance system should provide greater benefits for dental practitioners who are willing to care for such disabled patients. The Department of Health (DOH) should legislate policies to provide greater financial support and equipment and encourage hospital dental clinics and dentists to join this special oral care program. Dental schools, hospitals, and the DOH can also provide curricula and special training programs for both dentists and undergraduate dental students so that they can learn about diseases and dental care of these patients. The government and DOH should cover the fees of lawsuits if dentists have medical legal problems while treating patients with disabilities. Questions on special care dentistry can possibly be included in the National Board Dental Examination. The government can establish some national oral health care centers to treat these disabled patients. Through the development of effective preventive and treatment strategies, the incidence of oral diseases in these patients can be reduced in the future. ? 2009 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China. |
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ISSN: | 1991-7902 | DOI: | 10.1016/S1991-7902(09)60022-2 |
顯示於: | 臨床牙醫學研究所 |
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