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Featured in this month’ s issue:
At the interface of medicine and dentistry: shared decision-making using decision aids and clinical decision support tools Lauren L. Patton
Today ' s practice of dentistry at the interface with medicine is complex. With varying levels of evidence of effectiveness of many of our preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic approaches to disease management and health maintenance, we must, together with our patients, weigh the risks of harm compared to the expected health benefits of all care options using the best medical evidence available. This practice environment places the onus on the provider to stay abreast of scientific discoveries and acknowledge that there may not always be one“ best way” to prevent, diagnose, or treat a condition in order to improve the patient ' s health and wellbeing. Reports of clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses in our journal contribute to our readers ' knowledge of the changing landscape of patient management across the multiple specialties that support Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology.
Engaging patients in the decision-making process allows their preferences to be integrated with health care providers ' experience and evidence-based recommendations. A term for this practice is shared decision-making. This creates a paradigm shift, where the clinician relinquishes some control and collaborates with the patient as a partner. Shared decision-making improves the patient ' s understanding of available health choices, engagement, and adherence to the management plan, while respecting patient rights and reducing uncertainty and anxiety about alternative choices and the ultimate decision. 1 Shared decision-making is one strategy for improved patient engagement that is expected to improve health outcomes and patient satisfaction and to decrease the cost of care. Continue reading...
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A comparative study of the endoscopy-assisted transoral approach versus external approaches for the resection of large benign parapharyngeal space tumors Song Fan, Shi-geng Lin, Han-qing Zhang, Qun-xing Li, Wei-xiong Chen, You-yuan Wang, Da-ming Zhang, Zhaoyu Lin, Jiang-long Zhong, Wei-liang Chen, Jin-song Li
The bone regenerative capacity of canine mesenchymal stem cells is regulated by site-specific multilineage differentiation Juan Bugueño, Weihua Li, Pinky Salat, Ling Qin, Sunday O. Akintoye
Head and neck nonmelanoma cutaneous malignancy treatment in a skin cancer referral center Panagiotis Stathopoulos, Dimosthenis Igoumenakis, James Shuttleworth, Tom Frawley, Ciara Ennis, Eric Battista, Phillip Ameerally
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