SPECIAL CARE DENTISTRY (SCD)
Q: How to overcome access barriers in dental practice?
❖ Designated disability car parking
❖ Transport facilities esp for the disabled
❖ Domiciliary care in the form of carers
❖ Wheelchair access
❖ Spacious Lifts
SI
❖ Signs in corridors at a standard height so visible to patients.
❖ Large corridors
C
❖ Financial aid by the government
❖ Non-slippery surfaces/ floors
R
❖ large spacious surgeries for wheelchair space
❖ Wheelchair tilt banana board
ep
❖ Cushions ( placed in between legs)
❖ Break a leg dental chair
❖ Rubber mouth props between upper and lower teeth
Pr
❖ Finger brush in between teeth as forced closed mouth
❖ Appropriate training of dentists and staff
❖ At home desensitization
❖ Tell show do behavior management techniques
am
❖ Treat patients in wheelchairs via Wheelchair tilt dental chair
❖ Break a leg dental chair
❖ Surgery has space for wheelchair placement
Ex
❖ Neck cushions
❖ Hoist that transfers patient into the dental chair (designated disabled
parking for SCD patients)
al
Q: How many people in Ireland have a disability?
14% that is 600,000 people in Ireland
t
en
Q: Dementia in Ireland, stats?
50% of all disabled patients in Ireland have dementia
D
Q: What are the cooperation barriers?
Failure to understand instructions
Violent behavior
Refusal of treatment
Disinterest
Sudden mood changes
Q: How to overcome access barriers in dental practice?
❖ Designated disability car parking
❖ Transport facilities esp for the disabled
❖ Domiciliary care in the form of carers
❖ Wheelchair access
❖ Spacious Lifts
SI
❖ Signs in corridors at a standard height so visible to patients.
❖ Large corridors
C
❖ Financial aid by the government
❖ Non-slippery surfaces/ floors
R
❖ large spacious surgeries for wheelchair space
❖ Wheelchair tilt banana board
ep
❖ Cushions ( placed in between legs)
❖ Break a leg dental chair
❖ Rubber mouth props between upper and lower teeth
Pr
❖ Finger brush in between teeth as forced closed mouth
❖ Appropriate training of dentists and staff
❖ At home desensitization
❖ Tell show do behavior management techniques
am
❖ Treat patients in wheelchairs via Wheelchair tilt dental chair
❖ Break a leg dental chair
❖ Surgery has space for wheelchair placement
Ex
❖ Neck cushions
❖ Hoist that transfers patient into the dental chair (designated disabled
parking for SCD patients)
al
Q: How many people in Ireland have a disability?
14% that is 600,000 people in Ireland
t
en
Q: Dementia in Ireland, stats?
50% of all disabled patients in Ireland have dementia
D
Q: What are the cooperation barriers?
Failure to understand instructions
Violent behavior
Refusal of treatment
Disinterest
Sudden mood changes
