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Recording a Comprehensive Medical History

Recording a Comprehensive Medical History

4/25/2019 9:00:00 AM   |   Comments: 0   |   Views: 71
                                        
Before any procedure, a dentist should always review the patient’s file and medical history. The medical history allows the dentist to move in a safe direction towards treatment. A patient’s medical history holds great importance in the informed consent process as the dentist explains how medical conditions may impact a patient’s safety. In addition, knowing a patient’s medical history allows the dentist to prevent adverse unexpected results.
            
            A patient’s medical history should be updated every visit. Updates to the medical history records ever visit should include:
            
                                        
• The patient’s current medications
            • Medication changes
            • Allergies to medications
            • Recent physician visits or hospitalizations
            • New physician care
            • Medical changes since the last visit
            • Current over-the-counter medications
            • Any changes in the chart
                                        
If another staff member records a patient’s medical history, the dentist should always review the record orally with the patient and ask open-ended questions about the information provided.

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