ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Early detection of oral cancer improves survival after treatment and the quality of life. The adoption of standardized methodological protocols of screening has increased the possibilities for early identification and appropriate treatment. The informed consent must be obtained by patients before any treatment and/or surgical procedure. The clinical and surgical details must be discussed with the patient, as well as potential risks and benefits. Consent must be documented in the medical record and consent forms may serve to document the physician's discussion with the patient. OBJECTIVES: all dentists are trained to detect the early signs of oral cancer. The health professional have a key role in identify the early signs of oral cancer in order to plan the treatment and management of the disease. The work aims to provide simple practical information to collect the patient's consent and encouraging him to improve healthy behaviors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: are analyzed the critical issues of clinical practice in order to improve the management of oral cancer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Identify effective information approaches documented in the medical record as a tool of close communication between the patient and the physician.
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Clinical Decision-Making , Mouth Neoplasms/therapy , Quality of Life , Communication , Humans , Informed Consent , Medical Records , Physician-Patient Relations , Physicians/organization & administrationABSTRACT
The fluorine-prophylaxis is the caries only real therapeutic protection. The fluorine modifies calcificated tissues composition and property (hydroxyapatite----fluorapatite) and it acts on the plaque bacteria metabolism. The fluorine intoxication is very rare. But interviewed parents are disinterested, fear full and bad-informed. Unfortunately the fluorine-prophylaxis and the periodic controls are a distant reality for Italy.
