Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
December 2009
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Vol:
10
Issue:
4

An audit of a protocol for the management of patients with hereditary bleeding disorders undergoing dental treatment

Abstract Aim: To design and assess a new protocol for the dental management of patients with hereditary coagulation disorders. Design: Fifty-two patients with hereditary coagulation disorders undergoing dental treatment in a general hospital were questioned 24 hours and seven days post-operatively about any bleeding, pain or swelling that had occurred when a new protocol for their dental management was followed. Results: The dental treatments that were performed included supra- and subgingival direct restorations, scaling and exodontia. These were performed under local anaesthesia by infiltration or inferior alveolar nerve block. Two patients reported minor bleeding 24 hours post operatively while no patients reported any bleeding seven days post-operatively. Conclusions: Given the limitations of the study the protocol was effective in managing the dental needs of the patients studied.

Key words: Haemophilia, von Willebrand’s disease, bleeding disorder, coagulation disorder, dental

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151
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155
Authors
Michael Freedman, Alison Dougall, Barry White

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