The Place and Importance of Dentistry in Consultation

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to provide the opinions, professional problems and expectations of the dentists with respect to the consultation. In the study, a qualitative research method is followed, and the standardized open-ended interview technique is used during the process of data collection. The working group of the study is consisted of 14 dentists. In this regard, the focus point of the study includes the situations encountered during the examinations of the patients, the level of consultation between the medical doctors and dentists, situations which might be caused by the insufficiency of the consultation. As a result of this study, the facts have been obtained such as the facts that the dentists are more active in referring their patients to the medical doctors or establishing direct contact with them, however, the medical doctors do not consult to the dentists in the sufficient level; the patients are subjected to wrong diagnosis and applied wrong treatments because of the insufficient level of consultation; despite the increased level of communication among the dentists in the recent years, the communications between the dentists and the medical doctors is still not sufficient