Key result
Standardized dental protocols permit low-risk procedures without interrupting antithrombotics when using local hemostatic measures.
Why the study?
How should dental patients on anti-thrombotic medication be managed to minimize bleeding complications?
How should dental patients on anti-thrombotic medication be managed to minimize bleeding complications?
This paper aims to provide a standardized treatment protocol for the dental management of geriatric patients on anti-thrombotic agents to minimize bleeding risks.
May support uninterrupted antithrombotics for low-risk dental procedures; leaves open prospective validation in geriatric patients.
The number of geriatric patients seeking dental service is ever-rising because of increased life expectancy, also with problem of increased chronic medical conditions. One of them are patients on anti-thrombotic medication. Bleeding complication after minor oral surgery by anti-thrombotic agents is of concerns to dentists on dental management of these patients. Risk and benefit of the anti-thrombotic agents must be weighed before initiating dental procedures, which should be established as a treatment guideline. Purpose of the paper is to optimize the management of the dental patients on anti-thrombotic medication via standardization of treatment protocol of such a patient.
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Jeong Keun Lee (2018) conducted a review in Patients on anti-thrombotic medication requiring dental procedures. Anti-thrombotic agents (anti-platelets and anti-coagulants) was evaluated. Standardized dental management of patients on anti-thrombotic agents allows for low-risk dental procedures to be performed without altering medications when utilizing appropriate local hemostatic measures.
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