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CASE HISTORYDIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTSDr. A. Victor Samuel MDS Dept. of Pedodontics

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Contents Introduction Diagnosis History taking and clinical examination Patient information History taking General physical examination

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Extra-oral examination Intra-oral examination A) Soft tissue examination B)Hard tissue examination Provisional diagnosis Differential diagnosis Investigations Final diagnosis Treatment planning Prognosis

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Introduction

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The case history enables the patients to communicate symptoms, feelings and fears and the sequence of events leading to the problem for which the patient seeks professional assistance.

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It involves eliciting and recording of relevant information from the patient and parent to aid in the overall diagnosis of the case It should be systematicand should follow a definite outline

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Gathering this information: Can be essential in establishing a correct diagnosis It allows assessment of the patients mental and behavioral status.

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Few terminologies in case history recording Diagnosis The determination of the nature of the disease. Symptom Any morbid phenomena or departure from the normal, in structure, function or sensation experienced by the patient and indicative of a disease.

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Sign Any abnormality indicative of disease, discovered on examination of thepatient (an objective symptom of a disease).

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DIAGNOSIS Diagnosis is derived from the Greek word dia = by and gnosis = knowledge Diagnosis has been defined as identification of disease. (Donald Kerr and Major Ash1970)

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SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEDODONTIC AND ADULT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING

Physical, Emotional and Psychological differences: Consideration of behavioras a integral part of the childs oral health needs Attention to preventive care rather than rehabilitative process

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Acknowledgment of a DentistPatient relationship that is triangular rather thanlinear

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Recognition that the child is a changing person

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HISTORY TAKING AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION

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I) Personal information

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Datea) It records the time the patient reported. b) Can be referred back to during the follow- up visits.

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Hospital number/Case number For the purpose of maintaining record For billing the individual For legalconsiderations (in view of Consumer Protection Act)

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Patients name To establish a better communication with the patient. To establish a rapport with the patient. Maintenance of record. To elicit the history properly.Medico legal purpose.

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AgeThe chronological age (date of birth) should be noted. 1) To compare with otherages (dental, skeletal) so as to know whether the growth and development is normal in the child. 2) Certain diseases are known to occur frequently at particularages 3) Depending on the age the behavior management techniques also vary.

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Sex Girls age faster than boys and thus their treatment may be required earlier. Some diseases are more common in females than in males. A combination of ageand sex can sometimes give an indication of occurrence of disease

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Place of birth It gives information about the endemic diseases in the area (particularly fluorosis as relevant to dentistry)

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Address It is used for all communications even before the first visit. By knowing the locality along with the family income and parents occupation, the socioeconomic status can be assessed. If the patient is coming from a far distance, theappointments can be modified to complete treatment in fewer visits. It may indicate diseases endemic to the particular areas.

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Socio-economic statusa) Treatments can be modified according to the socioeconomic status. b) Patientsbackground can be understood in a better way.

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Languages known Mother tongue To establish better communication with the patient. To builta good rapport.

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School and class To To To To his know the economic status. communicate with the teacher.assess the IQ of the child. establish effective communication at own IQ level.

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Race/ethnic origin Some diseases are more common in certain races. Oral hygiene practices may be common in some religions or races.

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Person accompanying the child Childs family life can be assessed. The information which has to be asked can be modified according to it The reliability of the information may also beevaluated

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Parents nameFor better communication with the parents Parents education: To evaluate their knowledge level and awareness Parents occupation: To evaluate the socio-economicstatus

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II) History taking

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Chief complaintIt is defined as symptom or symptoms, described in patient own words, related tothe presence of an abnormal condition.

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The age of the patient apparently influences the quality of the complaint. The parent is often the best historian in younger children.

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History of present illnessChronological account of the chief complaint and associated symptoms from the time of onset to the time the history is taken.

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The most common presenting illness can be evaluated as, 1) The onset 2) Duration 3) Location 4) The quantity, quality, severity and frequency of occurrence 5)Aggravating and relieving factors 6) Associated symptoms

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Past dental historya) It gives information about the patients past dental problems. b) Frequency ofdental visit by the patient which gives an indication of the patients future behavior. c) Patients attitude towards previous dental treatment.

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d) Any untoward complication of dental treatment. e) To know about any excessivebleeding in the past dental treatment. f) Reasons for loss of teeth

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Medical history This helps in identifying conditions that could alter, complicate or contraindicate proposed dental procedures. This should include questions like: Is thechild under the care of physician? If yes why? Any Medications taken presently, Drug name, dosage/duration & indication Whether the child suffers fromany frequent illnesses (cough, cold etc.)?

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Does your child suffer from any of the following at present or in the past? Congenital diseases Rheumatic fever Anemia Bleeding disorders AsthmaDiabetes Hepatitis

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Epilepsy Mental or physical handicap Sensory deficits Speech defects Kidney disorders Bone & joint problems Growth and development problems

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History of immunization DPT vaccine BCG vaccine Poliomyelitis Tetanus vaccine MMR vaccine

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History of operations, hospitalizations, blood transfusion should be asked History of drug allergies is taken such as penicillin, aspirin anesthetic agent etc. the drug should be specified.

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Family historya) It gathers information about diseases that commonly affects more than one member of a family. b) Certain disorders that should be inquired are - Bleeding disorders - Heart disease - Diabetes - Tuberculosis

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- Asthma - Allergies - Genetic disorders -Malocclusion c) Siblings: Number: Order : Sex :

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Social history It includes the family situation, the childs school situation, personality traits, developmental status and the childs interpersonal relationships.

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Prenatal history Drug intake during pregnancy e.g. tetracycline administration Any illness during pregnancy e.g. hepatitis B infection

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Did the mother suffer from trauma, illness or hospitalization. Source of drinking water.

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Natal history Type of delivery- Normal/C-section/ Forceps Fullterm/Premature Childs healthat birth: Good/Fair/Poor Specify significant history

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Postnatal history Method of feeding and duration: Breast fed/Bottle fed/both Does the child sleep with the bottle? What are/were the contents of the bottle?

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Is/was a pacifier usedType

Duration

Other details

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Did the child have an erupted tooth at birth or within 30 days after birth? At what age did the first tooth erupt in the mouth? Which tooth and any associated problems?

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When did the child attain the following developmental milestones? Sitting Standing without support Walk Runs Speaks in sentences

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Personal historya) Oral hygiene habits: Brushing habits Method of cleaning the teeth Frequency Material

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Rinsing habits At what age was tooth brushing initiated When did the childstarted brushing on his own? Is the child supervised during brushing?

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b) Diet: Patients diet should be assessed. Number of meals and in between snacks should be recorded If the caries activity is high then diet counseling programs can be employed

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c) Oral habits: Habits such as finger/thumb sucking, lip biting/sucking, nailbiting, mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, bruxism etc. should be recorded. The duration of the habit should be noted. Also what has been done to make the child stop the habit should be asked.

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Presence of habits such as finger or thumb sucking is considered normal till the age of 3 to 4 yrs beyond that should be considered abnormal. Features indicating various habits should be examined

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For e.g. a) Finger/thumb sucking features like anterior proclination and open bite is seen.

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b) In case of nail biting presence of clean callus and nails should be examined. Minor tooth irregularities such as tooth rotation, wear of incisal edge and minor crowding should be also noticed.

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c) In lip biting habit either of the lips may be involved, with a higher predominance towards lower lip. The features are proclined upper anteriors, retroclined lower anteriors, hypertrophic and redundant lower lip. Cracking of lips is also

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d) Tongue thrusting: Proclination of anterior teeth, anterior open bite and bimaxillary protrusion are the common features. Posterior open bite and posterior cross bite is seen in lateral tongue thrust.

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e) Mouth breathing: The features are long and narrow face, narrow nose and nasalpassage, contracted upper arch with posterior cross bite, increased overjet dueto flaring of anteriors, anterior marginal gingivitis and dryness of mouth.

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The various clinical test done to assess mouth breathing areObservation Mirrortest Butterfly test Water holding test Inductive plethysmography (Rhinomanometry) Cephalometrics

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f) In bruxism the patient may have Tooth mobility specially in the morning, Occlusal wear, Muscular tenderness, Headache and TMJ disorders.

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III) General physical examination

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It begins with the first appearance of the child and parents themselves.

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a) Built/stature, height and weight: Whether normal for the age. If not factorsresponsible should be determined. b) Gait: An abnormal gait can be associated with a particular disease. c) Speech: Speech disorders such as aphasia, delayed speech, stuttering, articulatory speech disorders.

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d) Hands: It should be checked for pallor, cyanosis and icterus. The fingers arechecked for their number (indicative of syndromes), size and shape. The nails are checked for any clubbing.

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e) Skin: It is checked for color and complexion Any skin lesions, abnormal texture, color, scars pigmentations, eruptions, marks should be noticed.

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f) Hair: Thin and brownish color hair may be indicative of malnourishment. Also texture should be noted

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Vital signs Temperature: Normal oral temperature is 370C. Pulse rate: In children 80-100bpm In adults 70-80bpm Respiratory rate: In children 16-20/min In adults 12-16/min Blood pressure: 120/80 mm of Hg

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IV) Extra-oral examination

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a) Shape of the skull: It is classified as -Brachycephalic -Mesocephalic -Dolichocephalic

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b) Shape of the face: Face can be classified in three forms 1) Mesoprosopic2) Euryprosopic3) Leptoprosopic-

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c) Facial symmetry: Gross facial asymmetries are seen in -congenital defects, -hemi facial atrophy/hypertrophy, -unilateral condylar ankylosis and hyperplasia.

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d) Facial profile: It can be classified as -straight -convex -concave

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e) Eyes: The sclera is looked for icterus and the conjunctiva is looked for pallor. f) Nose: This can be checked for deviated nasal septum, position of nostrilsand any discharge.

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g) Lips: Note lip color, texture, competence, surface abnormalities, angular orvertical fissures, lip pits, cold sores, nodules, herpes infection.

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h) Paranasal sinuses: Maxillary, frontal, and ethemoidal are checked for sinusitis.

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i) TMJ and function: Observe for deviations in the path of the mandible during opening and closing. Range of vertical and lateral movement. Dislocation Clicking sound, crepitus Tenderness

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j) Lymph nodes: The lymph nodes commonly checked are Submaxillary Submental, andCervical- Superficial and Deep Check for site, size shape and mobility, tenderness, swelling, and lymphadenpathy Lymph node palpable is soft due to infection hard carcinoma firm lymphoma No. of lymph node palpable Diameter Mobility mobile in case of infection.

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k) Swallow: It can be normal or infantile. The persistence of infantile swallowis indicated by -protrusion of the tip of the tongue -contraction of perioral muscles during swallowing -no contact at molar region during swallowing

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V) Intra-oral examination

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1) Saliva: The flow and viscosity should be checked for. 2) Halitosis: This canoccur due to poor oral hygiene practices or it may be indicative of systemic conditions.

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A) Soft tissue examination2) Labial and Buccal mucosa: Observe for any changes in color, texture, pigmentations, hyperkeratotic patches, ulcers, swellings, fistulae, and tenderness. 2) Vestibule: Look for the color, texture, swelling fistulae, and tenderness. Note the frenulum attachment.

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3) Tongue: Inspect the dorsum of the tongue for any swellings ulcers, coating orvariation in size.

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4) Palate: Inspect for swellings, fistulae, ulcers, burns, hyperkeratinizations,tenderness, papules, cleft palate & also the depth of the palate.

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5) Floor of the mouth: Character and extent of secretions from the salivary ducts, swellings, ulcers, color, nodules, and patches.

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7) Frenal attachments: Labial frenum at times can be thick and may be attached to the incisive papilla which may cause midline diastema. Blanch test can be usedfor confirmation Short lingual frenum can cause ankyloglossia.

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8) Tonsils and Adenoids: Enlarged adenoids should be checked for.

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B) Hard tissue examination2) Teeth present: Number of teeth present in both upper and lower arch should benoted. 2) Type of dentition: Whether primary, permanent or mixed 3) Missing teeth: Note whether the teeth is congenitally missing or missing following extraction.

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4) Caries:

5) Caries with pulp involvement:

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6) Root stumps:

7) Filling present:

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8) Mobility: Grade of mobility should be mentioned 9) Fractured teeth:

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10) Retained teeth:

11) Erupting teeth:

12) Supernumary teeth:

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13) Any wasting diseases: Like attrition, abrasion, and erosion 14) Hypoplasticteeth

15) Any other dental anomalies:

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16) Orthodontic evaluation: a) Molar relation: b) Terminal plane relation: c) Canine relation: d) Overbite: e) Overjet:

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f) Midline deviation: g) Crossbite: h) Space loss: vii) Ectopic eruption: j) Other significant findings:

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17) Deposits: Check for calculus supragingivally and subgingivally. Stains- Extrinsic Intrinsic

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VI) Provisional diagnosis

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A general diagnosis based on clinical impression without any laboratory investigations.

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VII) Differential diagnosis

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The process of listing out two or more diseases, having similar signs or symptoms of which only one could be attributed to the patients suffering.

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VIII) Investigations

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Radiographic investigations: Radiographs are of two types 1) Intraoral 2) Extraoral

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1) Intraoral radiographsA) Intraoral Periapical radiographs B) Bitewing radiograph: C) Occlusal radiographs:

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2) Extraoral radiographsA) Ortho pantomographs:

B) Cephalographs:

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Hematological investigations RBC count Hemoglobin determination Hematocrit count Plateletcount Bleeding time Clotting time Torniquet test Prothrombin time White cell count Differential count

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Bacteriological culture and sensitive tests Wound abscess or surgical lesion cultures Caries activity tests Root canalcultures Fresh moist preparations and smears

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Other tests Vitality tests Biopsy Photographs Study models

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Advanced diagnostic aids1) Probes: -Perio temp probe -Fluoride probe -Foster-Miller probe -Toronto automated probe -DNA probe

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2) Other aids: -Xeroradiography -CADIA (Computer Assisted Densitometric Image Analysis system) -Computers -Ultrasonics

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IX) Final diagnosis

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A confirmed diagnosis based on all available data.

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X) Treatment plan

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Phases of treatment planning Emergency Phase: Systemic phase: Preventive phase: Preparatory phase:

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Corrective phase:

Maintenance phase

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XI) Prognosis

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It the prediction of the course, duration and termination of a disease and thelikelihood of its response to treatment.

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References Dentistry for child and adolescentsRalph. E .McDonald Clinical Pedodontics-Finn Textbook of Pedodontics-Shobha tandon Oral diagnosis-Donald Kerr, MajorAsh

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Orthodontic- The art and scienceI S Bhalaji Color Atlas of Oral Diseases inChildren and Adolescence Pictures from -www.google.com

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