Thank you for publishing the series of articles in JADA on providing dental care for special patients. It is refreshing to see that the dental community finds these illnesses serious enough to warrant special attention.
Educating health care providers on the special needs of those patients with mental illness is important, as these patients may not know how to communicate their needs. Also, introducing the providers with knowledge on these patients will save them misunderstandings, and possible inadvertent disrespect or discrimination.
Thank you again for bringing this important issue to light.