Relatório de atividade clínica

Abstract

Following the completion of the Master’s program in Dental Medicine at the Catholic University, one is given the opportunity to present a Clinical Activity Report that describes the clinical activity of the learner throughout the academic year at the University Dental Clinic, further portraying an analysis of its achievements, that will be publicly discussed in front of an academical jury. This report serves to describe the main activities developed and skills acquired throughout the course of the fifth year of Dental Medicine, in the period between September 2014 and June 2015. The formation of this phase is essentially practical, with sedimentation of knowledge until now acquired and essential to good dental health practices and to develop autonomy in technical procedures. Be able to approach the patient in the clinical setting, practicing treating the disease, formulate a clinical reasoning based on the knowledge acquired in transatos years and propose a treatment plan. It is intended that in every subject area you reach the objectives proposed by the course, in order to perform each technique according to the protocols defined by the areas. During clinical practice different disciplines were attended: Dentistry, Orthodontics, Occlusion, Oral Surgery, Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics Removable, Fixed Prosthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Oral Medicine, diverging the workloads among themselves. The data collected was entered into a database created by the author (using EXCEL platform). The variables are: sex, age, clinical area, diagnosis, treatment performed, reason for 1ª consultation, plaque index, number of daily brushings made by the patient dropouts by patients. It is presented a differentiated clinical case, which is explained the medical history, diagnosis, treatment plan and its photos and Rx. The preparation of this report provided an opportunity to reflect clinical acts, the way they were made, and ruminate if the approach of the patient was the most correct taking into account new scientific advances in the field of dentistry based on evidence.

Date of Award	29 Jul 2015
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Rui Alberto Amaral Mendes (Supervisor)