On Tue, 04 May 2004 20:37:07 +0100, the most wise and erudite Emile de
Sousa wrote:
>Prescribing antibiotics if you don't/can't diagnose the source of infection
>( could you diagnose an apical infection without dental X-rays) is putting
>yourself and the patient at risk. How do you defend the charge of having
>missed/wrongly treated the mandibular osteomyelitis? Analgesia and see
>dentist is the maximum a General Medical Practitioner should do IMHO.
>
>It's neither your fault nor your problem that there isn't an adequate local
>general dental practitioner service.
>
>Emile
I quite agree. I have no training in dental examination and diagnosis
and so do not consider myself competent to treat dental problems. When
patients look askance I tell them I wouldn't get an electrician to
plumb in my gas cooker!
Analgesics and refer!
Cheers Geoff
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