Dentistry and Mass Disaster – A Review
Mass disaster situations may arise from natural or manmade circumstances like bioterrorism and dentists or dental responders have significant roles in human identification, following such occurrences. The various roles of dentists in mass disaster management, that include bio surveillance and noti...
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| description | Mass disaster situations may arise from natural or manmade circumstances like bioterrorism and dentists or dental responders have
significant roles in human identification, following such occurrences. The various roles of dentists in mass disaster management, that
include bio surveillance and notification, diagnosis and monitoring, triage, referrals of patients, immunizations, decontamination and
infection control would be considered. The varying extents of use of forensic dental techniques and the resulting positive impacts made on
human identification will also be included. The importance of preparation by way of special training for the dental personnel, mass disaster
rehearsal, and use of modern day technology will be stressed on. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35610fdd1bd04bcdb55bd04728ce7b972022-12-22T01:24:00ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2014-07-0187ZE01ZE0310.7860/JCDR/2014/7282.4573Dentistry and Mass Disaster – A ReviewMark David Edward Nathan0D Sri Sakthi1IV BDS Student, Saveetha Dental College, 162, Poonamalle High Road, Chennai, India.Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry,162, Poonamalle High Road, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, India.Mass disaster situations may arise from natural or manmade circumstances like bioterrorism and dentists or dental responders have significant roles in human identification, following such occurrences. The various roles of dentists in mass disaster management, that include bio surveillance and notification, diagnosis and monitoring, triage, referrals of patients, immunizations, decontamination and infection control would be considered. The varying extents of use of forensic dental techniques and the resulting positive impacts made on human identification will also be included. The importance of preparation by way of special training for the dental personnel, mass disaster rehearsal, and use of modern day technology will be stressed on.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4573/7282_CE(Ra)_E(C)_F(H)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdfbioterrorismdentistidentificationmass disaster |
| spellingShingle | Mark David Edward Nathan D Sri Sakthi Dentistry and Mass Disaster – A Review Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research bioterrorism dentist identification mass disaster |
| title | Dentistry and Mass Disaster – A Review |
| title_full | Dentistry and Mass Disaster – A Review |
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| title_short | Dentistry and Mass Disaster – A Review |
| title_sort | dentistry and mass disaster a review |
| topic | bioterrorism dentist identification mass disaster |
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