Oral health consultation is vital for maintaining quality oral health. It entails the visit to the dental office to consult the dentist who carries out thorough clinical examination where both intra-oral and extra-oral tissue are thoroughly examined. This provides the true oral health picture of the patient. The doctor also looks out for signs of diseases, which when detected early can easily be treated. Some clinical investigations like X-rays might be done to assess the hard tissues of the mouth and facial bones. Diagnostic cast/wax-up or scans may be done. Some laboratory investigations may be done if there are symptoms and signs of systemic diseases that may have oral manifestation or implications for treatment outcomes. It is often in visits like these that some patients first get to know about their medical condition.
Oral health consultation is beneficial in the following ways:
- Early disease detection. Early stage of oral cancer may be detected before malignant transformation
- prevention of periodontal disease
- detection of tooth decal or dental caries
- Monitoring of disease conditions to avoid deterioration
- Monitoring treatment progress and prognostication
- Saves expensive treatment costs
It is of utmost importance that dental checkup visits are taken seriously by all patients to prevent the establishment of diseases that should have been prevented.
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