The ADA provided its members and their patients detailed guidance on March 18 on what to consider dental emergencies and nonemergency dental care as part of an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, and alleviate the burden on hospital and emergency departments.
The guide is meant to provide additional guidance following an Association recommendation that dentists nationwide postpone elective procedures to do their part to “mitigate the spread of COVID-19.” It was included as part of an ADA issues alert that went to all dentists in the ADA’s database.
Dental emergencies, according to the ADA, “are potentially life threatening and require immediate treatment to stop ongoing tissue bleeding [or to] alleviate severe pain or infection.” Conditions include uncontrolled bleeding; cellulitis or a diffuse soft tissue bacterial infection with intraoral or extraoral swelling that potentially compromises the patient’s airway; or trauma involving facial bones that potentially compromises the patient’s airway.
“The guidance may change as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses,” according to the Association. “Dentists should use their professional judgment in determining a patient’s need for urgent or emergency care.”
doctorの意味は「医者」で、語源はdocere(教える)に由来し、同義語はphysicianです。医者とは患者の病気を治すことを生業とする業種のことです。私たちは病気にかかったり、怪我をしたりすると、医者に診察してもらいますね(we go to see a doctor)。医者も扱う専門分野によって呼び名が変わります。手術を行う外科医(surgeon)、手術を行わない内科医(physician)、歯の治療を行う歯科医(dentist)、精神病を扱う精神科医
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