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P. S. Rawat , Hemant Gupta , N. S. K. Harsh

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Ruby Singla ¹, Hemant Gupta ¹, Inderpreet Kaur ², Kapil Singla ³, Jatinder Singh ⁴, Sangeeta Aggarwal ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Periodontics, Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Punjab, IN
2 Department of Prosthodontics, Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Punjab, IN
3 Department of Prosthodontics, Desh Bhagat Dental College & Hospital, Punjab,, IN
4 Department of Community Dentistry, Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Punjab, IN
5 Department of Conservative Dentistry, Government Dental College & Hospital, Punjab, IN

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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) represent an important occupational health issue in dentistry. Prolonged static postures, repetitive movements, excessive contraction of short muscles could cause musculoskeletal disorders. Even when the sitting posture is the one recommended by ISO, there is a high risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders. Each member of the dental team is predisposed to pain or injury in different areas of the body, depending on their tasks and position in relation to the patient.MSD is prevalent world over and is one of the commonest causes of long-term pain and disability affecting hundreds of millions of people. This article shows the causes and the mechanisms that lead to musculoskeletal disorders and some methods for prevention.

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Disorders, Movements, Posture, Prevention.

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Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa ¹, Smriti Anand ¹, Hemant Gupta ²

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1 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ram Nagar, Banur, Punjab, IN
2 Department of Paediatrics, Civil Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, IN

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Pediatric patients have always been special patients, in fact the most challenging ones for the attending physicians. These tiny tots apart from being fun to deal with can be quite enigmatic and sometimes a nightmare for the healthcare provider. There exists definitive anatomical, physiological, developmental and pharmacological differences between the adult and pediatric patients and a failure to comprehend this can result in devastating albeit avoidable morbidity and mortality. Also occurrence of pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic differences between the adult and pediatric patients makes the safe drug therapy of these patients quite intriguing. However during the process of dealing with the pediatric patients one gains new insights which influence their overall management. The purpose of the present review is therefore to highlight pediatric pharmacology and the need of blending our practical experiences as regards to the pediatric drug therapy with the current available knowledge and literature so as to improvise the pediatric care delivery significantly by the attending physicians and the anesthesiologists.

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Drugs, Paediatric Patients, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics.

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