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<p>Dentistry is a branch of medicine, with specialized care almost exclusively performed in an outpatient basis, with various dental procedures resulting in bleeding. Due to the increase in the average age of patients, the dentist must pay special attention to the associated pathology, pathology that can lead to uncontrolled bleeding or other complications. The incidence of the number of patients with various anticoagulant medication for associated general diseases has increased. Thus, the approach of these patients must be done in correlation with the management of diseases and associated medication. We found it interesting to report the therapeutic conduct in case of tooth extraction in patients whose medication includes warfarin. The dentist should be aware of possible complications in patients under anticoagulant medication, which requires a judicious case selection, with interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as careful management of surgical procedures to minimize the risks of postoperative bleeding.</p>
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Dentistry is a branch of medicine, with specialized care almost exclusively performed in an outpatient basis, with various dental procedures resulting in bleeding. Due to the increase in the average age of patients, the dentist must pay special attention to the associated pathology, pathology that can lead to uncontrolled bleeding or other complications. The incidence of the number of patients with various anticoagulant medication for associated general diseases has increased. Thus, the approach of these patients must be done in correlation with the management of diseases and associated medication. We found it interesting to report the therapeutic conduct in case of tooth extraction in patients whose medication includes warfarin. The dentist should be aware of possible complications in patients under anticoagulant medication, which requires a judicious case selection, with interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as careful management of surgical procedures to minimize the risks of postoperative bleeding.

Considerations Regarding the Management of Dental Procedures in Patients with Anticoagulant Medication: Case Presentation

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Dentistry is a branch of medicine, with specialized care almost exclusively performed in an outpatient basis, with various dental procedures resulting in...

Considerations Regarding the Management of Dental Procedures in Patients with Anticoagulant Medication: Case Presentation

Publicado en línea: 24 ene 2022

Páginas: 66 - 68

Recibido: 28 oct 2021

Aceptado: 02 dic 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0077

Palabras clave
anticoagulant medication, tooth extraction, warfarin

© 2021 Adrian Bucă et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Considerations Regarding the Management of Dental Procedures in Patients with Anticoagulant Medication: Case Presentation

Publicado en línea: 24 ene 2022

Páginas: 66 - 68

Recibido: 28 oct 2021

Aceptado: 02 dic 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0077

Palabras claveanticoagulant medication, tooth extraction, warfarin

© 2021 Adrian Bucă et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
anticoagulant medication, tooth extraction, warfarin