Medical History Forms

I have researched medical history forms and dental examinations forms. I am going to give you my opinion on what I think would be the best choice from each one. I found three forms for each category. When looking over each set of forms, I will be looking for certain things. I will be looking to see if the forms have information pertaining to allergies, current medications that the patient is taking, and any heart issues. Patients that have a heart issue have to take antibiotics before having dental work done. So having some of this information on hand could be very beneficial to the dentist and the patient. When evaluating each form, I would like to see all of this information on each form. Not only is it vital information, it helps the doctor

In medical history form “A”, it’s a pretty basic form. It asks about allergies, heart issues, and any hospitalizations the patient may have had. It also asks an important question for females, “Are you pregnant or nursing”?, this is good information to know especially when it comes to taking x-rays on a pregnant woman. All the questions asked on medical form “A’ are important things for the dentist to know before deciding what needs to be done. In medical for “B”, it seemed to be a little more detailed than medical for “A”. Medical form “B” asks about allergies, heart issues, and medications currently on. It not only asks about those, it has a list of things about different medical issues. Medical for “B” seems a little easier to fill out and seems to me that patients would understand it better because it is spaced out and very detailed on what it's asking. On medical for “C”, it’s very similar to both, “A” and “B”, it also asks the important questions I mentioned above in the first paragraph. Heart conditions, medications, allergies, pregnant, and so on. I did notice that medical form “C” asked something that “A” and “B” did not. It asked if the patient has had any serious trouble in the past with previous dental treatment. What your current pain is and how severe. I like that it asks about previous trouble with dental work before. That lets the dentist know what to be on the lookout for if

All which are very different. On dental exam number one, it’s pretty detailed, even has a spot about in-office education and any pamphlets they give you you about different procedures or issues one may have. It also has a spot for the medical alerts as well as the patient's next set of appointments with time to return. They also have a clinical/x-ray findings according to tooth number, date and so on. On dental forms two and three, they do not provide a lot of information on the dental exam forms. On number two, it justs asks basic information like what teeth are restored and what teeth are missing. It asks how the patient hygiene is and some dental history about the patient. There is not a tooth chart on this dental examination sheet to record the missing teeth and /or teeth that need fillings. On examination sheet three, it's a little more than form number two but less than form number one. Its close to being similar to form one but, its has the sheet to record the findings (Extractions, fillings, and so on) when doing the examination. I do like that it does have a spot to write in if crowns/bridges have been put in place along with the date and