Tools and Equipment for Managing Special Care Patients Anywhere

Abstract

This article describes many of the tools and equipment used by dental professionals to successfully treat special care patients in a variety of settings. Such equipment can be used in the dental office, operating room, hospital, surgical center, nursing home, private home, institution, hospice, and even in the field without electricity. Equipment discussed includes seating, laughing gas and sedation systems, body wraps and mouth props, lighting, radiographic exposure and imaging systems, dental isolation devices, and other tools the authors use.

Keywords: Dental office; Equipment; Hospital dentistry; Operating room; Portable dentistry; Special care dentistry; Special needs patients; Tools.