Patients suffering from cardiovascular disease are vulnerable to physical and emotional stress. If, in addition, the patients have to undergo dental treatment, it will add to their stress. Cardiac patients may collapse in the dental clinic due to various cardiac emergencies or drug interactions. Hence, patients with cardiac disease may pose a significant risk in dental clinics. Multidisciplinar...

The role of antibiotics in preventing healing complications after traumatic injuries: a literature review. comparison of the flexibility of different splint systems used in dental traumatology.

Cervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema is a rare complication of dental procedures with an air turbine or syringe, and dentists and oral surgeons sometimes encounter mediastinal emphysema following the presentation of extensive subcutaneous emphysema. Most emphysema occurs incidentally during tooth extraction, restorative treatment, or endodontic treatment, with only a few cases reported of cervi...

UNLABELLED Patients with bleeding disorders pose a challenge for dentists. Most of these conditions can be safely treated in the general dental practice. Patients who are on anticoagulants represent a large group of bleeding disorders. This article reviews the latest evidence in regard to managing those patients. Most of the articles reviewed seem to agree on the negligible risk of modification...

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to review cases of malpractice in head and neck cancer (HNC) in order to examine allegations and outcomes of the litigation and to assess the implications for best practices in the clinical care of patients with HNC. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three U.S. legal databases were accessed to assess the basis of the cases and the outcomes reported. RESULTS Dental and medical ...

Over the past decade, advances in cancer treatment have helped in prolonging the survival rate for cancer patients. However, the patients who undergo treatment for cancer are potentially at high-risk for developing a number of oral complications, including oral mucositis, infections, hyposalivation, dental caries, and jaw osteonecrosis. Cancer survivors may remain at life-long risk of developin...

BACKGROUND Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common orofacial congenital malformation in live births. CLP can occur individually or in combination with other congenital deformities. Affected patients experience a number of dental, aesthetic, speech, hearing, and psychological complications and have a higher incidence of severe dental conditions. The purpose of this study is to characterise...

. Dentists have been the founder of anaesthesia because of their day to day experience of pain while doing their job. Due to high morbidity and mortality, general anaesthesia never won the heart and trust of the dentist. Although several local anaesthetic agents were used in dental practice but they could not last long due to toxic side effects. A new chapter was written in dental anaesthesia w...

This article aims to raise awareness among paediatricians and specialist paediatric services that poor oral health, in particular children with chronic illness, is a major cause of morbidity and can be a risk factor for severe, even life threatening complications. Good oral health and dentition is important for efficient mastication, speaking and of course, cosmetically for smiling. If left unt...

Dental and paranasal sinus surgery is commonly performed in equine practice. The high levels of contamination and the complexity of the regional anatomy result in a frequency of complications which is higher than for other surgical procedures. Careful preoperative imaging, and a high level technical of expertise, in combination with appropriate instrumentation, can help to reduce the incidence ...