‘Specialist practitioner’ in surgical dentistry: preliminary report on a pilot scheme at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK

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• 作者：J. K. A. Parker
• 关键词：Implants ; Navigation ; Computer-assisted surgery ; Prosthetic treatment ; Immediate loading
• 刊名：British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：December 1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：37
• 期：6
• 页码：498-501
• 全文大小：55 K

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This continuing pilot scheme was designed to assess whether minor oral operations could be done by a ‘specialist practitioner’ in surgical dentistry in hospital. The preliminary results indicate that patients benefit from the improved facilities and expertise that are available in the hospital, that the provision of treatment within the hospital is at a sufficiently ‘local’ level to meet their requirements, and that this increased quality of service can be provided at no greater cost to the NHS than treating them in a dental surgery.

A large amount of the dentoalveolar surgery done (such as removal of third molars) is regarded as routine, but ‘routine’ is often mistakenly thought to mean ‘simple’ or ‘easy’. Dentoalveolar surgery not only demands the highest quality of care and expertise but it also requires the necessary immediate support if medical or surgical complications arise.