GAG REFLEX IN DENTISTRY: WHAT CAN WE DO?

Year 2016, Volume: 26 Issue: 3, 503 - 510, 01.12.2016

Zühre Zafersoy Akarslan

https://doi.org/10.17567/ataunidfd.290426

Cited By: 3

Abstract

The gag
reflex is a mechanism which prevents unwanted objects from entering the
pharynx, larynx or trachea. Due to some reasons, the mechanism of this reflex
could be damaged and impede on oral-health related
behaviors and oral health of individuals. Besides, dentists face problems
during dental diagnostic procedures and dental treatment of these patients
according to the severity of the problem. It would be helpful for a dentist to
be able to identify problematic gagging of a patient before starting dental
diagnostic and treatment procedures. Problematic gag reflex could be assessed
with special designed questionnaires before starting a dental procedure of the
patient. Behavioral approaches, complementary medicine therapies and
pharmacological techniques are methods used for the treatment of patients with
problematic gagging. The aim of this article is to describe problematic gagging
and give information about the special designed scales, and the techniques
which could be applied for the elimination of the problem.

Keywords: Gagging, dentistry, questionnaires, dental
treatment 

DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİNDE KUSMA
REFLEKSİ: NE YAPABİLİRİZ

ÖZ

 Kusma
refleksi istenmeyen cisimlerin farinks, larinks ve trakeadan girişini
engelleyen bir mekanizmadır. Birta- kım etkenler bu mekanizmanın normal
çalışmasını bozarak bireylerin oral hijyeni alışkanlıklarını ve oral sağlığını
etkileyebilmektedir. Bununla birlikte, diş hekimleri de dental diagnostik
prosedürlerde ve dental tedavi sırasında durumun şiddetine göre birtakım
problemler yaşayabilmektedir. Bu işlemlerin öncesinde diş hekiminin hastada
sorun yaratacak bir kusma refleksinin olup olmadığını belirlemesi hekime
yardımcı olacaktır. Hekimler hastalarında problem oluşturacak kusma refleksi
olup olmadığı tedaviye başlamadan önce özel skalalar yardımı ile
değerlendirebilmektedir. Problem yaratacak düzeyde kusma refleksi bulunan
hastaların tedavilerinde davranışsal yaklaşımlar, tamamlayıcı medikal terapiler
ve farmakolojik teknikler kullanılmaktadır. Bu makalenin amacı dental işlemler
sırasında problem oluşturan kusma refleksini tanımlamak, refleksin belirlenmesi
için kullanılabilecek skalaları ve problemin eliminasyonu için uygulana- bilecek
yöntemler hakkında bilgi vermektedir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler: Kusma, diş
hekimliği, anket, dental tedavi

Keywords

Gagging, dentistry, questionnaires

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