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1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Institute of Oral Health Science, Ajou University Dental Hospital, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Abstract:
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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