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[Beta-thalassemia and its orodental implications. II. A clinical study]
E Bucci1, L Lo Muzio, M D Mignogna
1Università degli Studi di Napoli II, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Istituto di Discipline Odontostomatologiche.
Minerva Stomatologica
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The paper reports the findings of a study of 46 subjects affected by beta-thalassemia major who underwent periodic transfusion therapy. A reduced incidence of the caries process was observed, above all in subjects treated from the first months of life. After a short review of the main problems posed by these patients during dental treatment, the Authors propose a course of preventive antibiotic treatment to be carried out before the start of dental work.