Medically Compromised Dental Patient: Dentists Nightmare

N Kannan^1*,B Swapna Sridevi², Rakesh Kumar Manne² and PV Sarath²

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000174

Received: June 30, 2017;   Published: July 07, 2017

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Abstract

Present day advances in medical sciences and technology has resulted in substantial increase in the volume of dental patients with systemic illnesses. The term Medically Compromised refers to dental patients with impaired health status like pregnancy, or patients with systemic diseases like ischemic heart disease, congenital heart disease, liver disease, renal disease, asthma, patients with immunodeficiency and patients with altered immune status. Search of literature showed a paucity of data regarding prevalence of medical diseases and conditions among the dental patients. Absence or inadequacy of precautions needed to be taken while carrying out routine dental treatment in these patients may result in worsening their medical status or even result in a fatality. Care needs to be taken while prescribing medications for these patients in the form of altered dosage or altering the medications themselves. Medico-legal litigations are reportedly on the rise in all the countries across the globe due to increased patient activism and awareness of their rights and sensationalization of such cases by the media.

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