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Chapter 24 - Dental Issues Related to ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
Denis Martin  and
Basel Switzer
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

This chapter is designed to raise awareness of the risks of damage to dental tissue during ECT, with the possible consequences to the patient, ECT team, psychiatrists and anaesthetists, and to place dental risk into context. Although the first section of the chapter is more applicable to psychiatrists and the second section to anaesthetists, the issue of dental risk bridges both specialties. The entire chapter should be read by all staff involved with the delivery of ECT.

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The ECT Handbook , pp. 211 - 217
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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