Abstract

RIPOLLES DE RAMON, J.; GOMEZ FONT, R.; MUNOZ-CORCUERA, M.  and  BASCONES MARTINEZ, A.. Update in dental procedures in patients receiving oral anticoagulated therapy. Av Odontoestomatol [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.6, pp.311-320. ISSN 2340-3152.

Oral surgery and easy dental extractions could be potential mediate or immediate clinical hemorrhagic complications that dental clinicians may encounter when treating patients on anticoagulant oral medication. The clinical protocols published regarding which therapeutic procedure to follow when dealing with these patients are based on two approaches: One that postulates a decrease of the pharmacological ingestion of the anticoagulants and their substitution with heparin; another which recommends their maintenance and the control of INR (international normalized ratio) together with a few haemostatic specific procedures. Our aim is, therefore, to evaluate the protocols described in the literature in order to establish a few explanatory updated guidelines for the medical associations.

Keywords : Anticoagulant therapy; haemostasia; protocol; dental extraction.

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