A Simple Step-by-Step Technique for the Management of Gagging in Edentulous Patient

Gagging presents a clinical challenge to the dentist in all aspects of treatment starting from diagnostic procedures to active treatment. There is no single cause associated with gagging. For successful management, it is very important to find the cause and plan the treatment accordingly. This artic...

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Autores principales: Colvenkar, Shreya, Reddy, Varalakshmi, Thotapalli, Suman, Deepa Rani, Koppunoor, Bharadwaj, Sneha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9127034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35637810
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24423
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author Colvenkar, Shreya
Reddy, Varalakshmi
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Deepa Rani, Koppunoor
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description Gagging presents a clinical challenge to the dentist in all aspects of treatment starting from diagnostic procedures to active treatment. There is no single cause associated with gagging. For successful management, it is very important to find the cause and plan the treatment accordingly. This article describes a simple step-by-step technique for eliminating the gag reflex in an edentulous patient. This simple approach helped the patient to relax and eliminate the phobia of dental treatment. It also enhanced the patient’s ability to continue the dental procedure.
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spelling pubmed-91270342022-05-29 A Simple Step-by-Step Technique for the Management of Gagging in Edentulous Patient Colvenkar, Shreya Reddy, Varalakshmi Thotapalli, Suman Deepa Rani, Koppunoor Bharadwaj, Sneha Cureus Medical Education Gagging presents a clinical challenge to the dentist in all aspects of treatment starting from diagnostic procedures to active treatment. There is no single cause associated with gagging. For successful management, it is very important to find the cause and plan the treatment accordingly. This article describes a simple step-by-step technique for eliminating the gag reflex in an edentulous patient. This simple approach helped the patient to relax and eliminate the phobia of dental treatment. It also enhanced the patient’s ability to continue the dental procedure. Cureus 2022-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9127034/ /pubmed/35637810 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24423 Text en Copyright © 2022, Colvenkar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Colvenkar, Shreya
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Thotapalli, Suman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9127034/
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