Mansi Jain1, Shalini Garg2*, Abhishek Dhindsa2, Mandeep Kaur2, Sanjay Kumar3 and Rajveer Singh4 1Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, MNDAV Dental College and Hospital, India 2Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, India 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MNDAV Dental College and Hospital, India...

Background and Objective: Minor dental surgery is invasive and hemorrhagic. Thus, in patients treated with anticoagulants, the bleeding risk related to these invasive procedures is concerning. The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate this risk by comparing the post-operative bleeding rates of oral anticoagulation treatment (OAT) patients (without interrupted or altered anticoagulant intake)...

From the Craniofacial Pain and Headache Center, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Tufts Medical Center (S.J.S.); the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (D.A.K., L.B.K.); and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates (D.A.K.) — all in Boston. Address reprint requests to Dr. Kaban at the Department of Oral an...

On arrival at the dental surgery, the daughter requested the receptionist to inform the dentist and dental assistant that her mother was currently taking anti-coagulant drugs. Unfortunately the receptionist omitted to convey this message and neither did the patient when she entered the surgery. The daughter remained in the waiting room. The dentist extracted four teeth under local anesthesia an...

Background: The present study aimed to assess the efficacy of Meperidine for pain relief in children after orthopedic, abdominal surgery, and laceration repair. Materials and Methods: A systematic serch was performed using the following online databa...