Children's dentistry: are mistakes inevitable?

Not so long ago, all the news resources of Ukraine were buzzing about some medical errors that had some consequences. And today is already silence and grace? Well, that's if you believe the same news resources. Nothing like this thunders across the country anymore. And why does this happen, and most importantly, what can we do to prevent such a mistake from happening to us?

Let's try the concepts on specific examples.

We can take the simplest and familiar example to every person - a trip to the dentist. What medical errors can lie in wait for us in such a campaign?

Well, as can be seen from the examples of work that had to be corrected of this dentistry, the following troubles may await us:

• forgotten pieces of instruments in patients' teeth. Yes, alas, it happens. And then masters from clinics like the one indicated above, first need to remove the work of the previous master, then clean what should not be, and then do everything again;
• undertreated teeth If, for example, in the case of an unwashed car, there is nothing to worry about, it is possible to drive with a stain, but in the case of an untreated tooth, everything is much more complicated. The presence of some uncorrected problem can simply annoy its owner. And it can lead to a real relapse - the problem will return, and it will return with new forces.
• Imposing services that, in fact, are not necessary. This, it would seem, is not quite the case when it is worth talking about a medical error. But there are cases when it is impossible to name such cases in another way - cases when such imposed services entailed great consequences for the patient himself. There was a case when, instead of orthognathic surgery, a person simply had his fangs removed. forever Irrevocably Fortunately, this case also had a good ending thanks to the specialists of the same clinic.
• In the case of children's dentistry, there is also something to talk about. Remember the frightened eyes of the child in front of the dentist's office?! And where does the baby know that they should be afraid? Due to the actions of a previous colleague! If only most specialists behaved with children as they did here, then, probably, children's fear of children's dentists would turn into a joke that sometimes parents would tell their children as an example of what not to do.

How to avoid such mistakes? The saddest thing is that today there is no full 100% guarantee that this error will not occur. There are only factors influencing the increase or decrease of the probability of this error.

Let's look at the example of children's dentists.

1. Pay attention to the qualifications of doctors. If there are only newbies in the entire clinic, it is better to find another clinic. If only titular snobs - it is better not to rush to their reception, because ingrained and rusty in their development half-old men are unlikely to flirt with children. Namely, flirting brings children to themselves.
2. Read reviews. Moreover, real ones, not consisting of two or three words and asterisks. It is possible even on different resources. For example, in the same dentistry, there are photos of real reviews from the book of complaints and suggestions - it is difficult to doubt their authenticity!
3. Don't be afraid to just call and ask the most uncomfortable questions - they won't take money for your request, but depending on how they answer you and what exactly they say in response, you can draw certain conclusions.

And if these conclusions can calm you down, you are guaranteed a green light on the way to this doctor. But if not, take your time and look for more. After all, you have to entrust this person with something more than just a couple of hours of your time.