Interdisciplinary dental care as a component of comprehensive treatment for patients with cystic fibrosis
Department of Dental Traumatology, Chair of Pediatric Dentistry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
This
paper aims to identify the dental prevention and treatment needs
of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and suggest implementation
of dedicated dental health standards for such patients. Oral
bacterial microbiota are a part of the upper
respiratory tract microbiota, which is of crucial importance,
especially for patients at risk of respiratory auto-infection.
Parents and, later, patients themselves are not always aware
of the harmful impact of the ongoing pathologies
in the oral cavity on the whole body. Hence, educating on
how to counteract auto-infection is necessary. CF patients are
a group that require targeted dental care, and a dentist
should be a member of a multi-specialist patient-care
team. To improve the oral health of CF patients, it is
advisable to implement overall solutions involving targeted
preventive and therapeutic measures. Presented oral health standards
of CF patients may affect their general health and quality
of life.
Keywords
oral
health care, cystic fibrosis, treatment needs, oral care
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