In a literature review, the incidence and morbidity of bleeding complications after dental surgery in anticoagulated patients was compared with embolic complications when anticoagulation was interrupted. Over 99% of anticoagulated patients had no postoperative bleeding that required more than local hemostatic measures. Of more than 5431 patients undergoing more than 11,381 surgical procedures, ...

BACKGROUND Continuous anticoagulant therapy with warfarin is administered to prevent a variety of medical complications, including thromboembolisms and stroke. When patients receiving continuous anticoagulant therapy are scheduled for dental surgery, a decision must be made whether to continue or interrupt the anticoagulant therapy. METHODS The author reviewed the literature, focusing on dent...

Fresh frozen allograft bone is routinely used in orthopedic surgery for the reconstruction of large bone defects, and its use in oral and maxillofacial surgery is increasing. The purpose of this case was to demonstrate the installation of dental implants and the use of fresh frozen bone for reconstruction of anterior maxilla in the same surgery. This case report presents the insertion of dental...

In patients taking antiplatelet medications who are undergoing dental surgery, physicians and dentists must weigh the bleeding risks in continuing antiplatelet medications versus the thrombotic risks in interrupting antiplatelet medications. Bleeding complications requiring more than local measures for hemostasis are rare after dental surgery in patients taking antiplatelet medications. Convers...

This article describes a curriculum in oral surgery for undergraduate dental education in the United Kingdom prepared by the Education Subgroup of The British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. This group is made up of representatives from each of the 13 UK Dental Schools, one Irish Dental School and one Post-graduate Institute. The document represents a group consensus of an undergradua...

Botulinum toxin (BTX) is a neurotoxin, and its injection in masticatory muscles induces muscle weakness and paralysis. This paralytic effect of BTX induces growth retardation of the maxillofacial bones, changes in dental eruption and occlusion state, and facial asymmetry. Using masticatory muscle paralysis and its effect via BTX, BTX can be used for the correction of malocclusion after orthogna...

Tooth loss is one of the most common oral health problems, and may affect mastication, phonetics, aesthetics, quality life. Dental implant placement an effective procedure to replace tooth loss. techniques using freehand surgery procedures increase potential failure related position, angle, depth insertion with 6.42% prevalence. The accuracy installing dental implants through protocol depends o...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of needlestick injury (nsi) and the factors associated with it among medical and dental students in kerman province during the 2006 year. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 269 medical and dental students to evaluate nsis and practices regarding the protective strategies. these students were asked t...

When performing dental surgery in patients receiving warfarin for anticoagulation, clinicians must weigh the risk of bleeding complications in continuous anticoagulation vs that of thromboembolic complications with anticoagulation interruption. Multiple studies have shown that dental surgery (including extractions) can be performed safely at therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) leve...

BACKGROUND Patients scheduled for bariatric surgery (BS) are encouraged to chew slowly in order to optimise the digestion process. The influence of dental status on patients' ability to comply with advice on chewing behaviour is poorly documented. This study aims to compare modifications of chewing function before and after BS in three groups of obese patients differing in dental status. METH...