The dental history (medical history) represents an important component in the medical diagnostic process.
Family history
- Are there any diseases of the teeth or jaws in your family that are common?
Social history
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Have you noticed any chalky or brownish changes in the teeth?
- Do you have a toothache?
- Do you have pain reactions to hot, cold or sour?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you pay attention to good oral hygiene?
- Do you brush your teeth regularly several times a day?
- Do you have dentures? If so, do you care for them regularly?
- When was your last visit to the dentist?
- Do you eat a balanced diet?
- Do you avoid heaping consumption of sucrose (table sugar), glucose, maltose, fructose, lactose?
- Avoid the heaping consumption of acidic drinks (eg, fruit juices)?
- Do you smoke? If so, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses per day?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, what drugs and how often per day or per week?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (dental diseases; diseases of the oral cavity).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Allergies
- Pregnancies
Medication history (The use of salivation-inhibiting (saliva-inhibiting) medications over long periods of time results in severe destruction of the tooth hard tissues. There are about 400 such drugs known. Drugs from the following groups can have salivation-inhibiting effects).
- Antiadiposita, anorectics.
- Antiarrhythmics
- Anticholinergics
- Antiepileptic drugs, sedatives
- Antidepressants
- Antihistamines
- Antihypertensives
- Antiparkinsonian drugs
- Antipsychotics (neuroleptics)
- Anxiolytics
- Ataractics
- Diuretics
- Hypnotics
- Muscle relaxants
- Sedatives
- Spasmolytics
