What should dentist do during first meeting with patient?

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First and foremost dentist should ask about their patients' history

What are the component of history?
1) Chief complaint
-the reason patient comes to the clinic
(routine checkups, referral, toothache pain, aesthethic,swelling)

2) History of chief complaint
-if the chief complaint was pain, then you should know these information about the pain
( location, onset, duration,, nature, frequency, aggravating factors, relieving factors, awake from sleep, day or night, severity, radiation to other parts, temperature.

3)Medical history: systemic review.

a- CVS;congenital heart disease, risk of bacterial endocarditis.
b- respiratory; asthma, hay fever, infections
c- Hematological; anemia, bleeding, bruising
d- Gastrointestinal; hepatitis, jaundice
e- endocrine; diabetes
f- CNS; epilepsy, mental and physical handicap
g- urogenital; renal disease
h- skin; thin, fragile.

Dentist need to check:

*immunization
*medication
*hospitalization
*allergies (allergy for latex (rubber material)

Dentist need to know the birth details of the patient

Prenatal
-Mum health during pregnancy
-any complication, trauma, infection, drugs taken
-gestational age (premature birth)
-delivery (oxygen deprivation)

Neonatal
-Birth weight, height and defect
-jaundice
-rhesus
-incompatibility

Perinatal/postnatal
-bottle or breast fed, bottle content
-immunization
-childhood illnesses


Dentist must know about:
# growth: height, weight, growth charts
#family history

Dental History, social history, behaviour