Errors and complications in dental caries

Abstract

Introduction: Currently dental caries remains one of the most common diseases of the world population regardless of age and sex. Insufficient knowledge in diagnosis and treatment of dental caries can cause a number of incidents and accidents which unfortunately are quite numerous and occur quite frequently, and can ultimately compromise the treatment.

Purpose: To provide data errors, possible complications, their prevention and control during and after the treatment of dental caries.

Material and methods: There were selected and analyzed some clinical cases and X-rays of 20 patients aged between 18 and 50 years who sought dental care in the dental clinic of State University of Medicine and Pharmacy ,,Nicolae Testemitanu ''. The patients were subjected to some clinical investigations for diagnostic purpose before the treatment to view the condition of hard dental tissues and to assess the treatment performed by the dentist.

Results and discussions: The analysis results indicate that although the level of health care in the Republic of Moldova is relatively high, with implementation of multiple modern technologies of treatment, however in some cases a number of errors are found in dentists` therapeutic tactics, which result in severe complications.