Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Dec 2010
Classification of chronic orofacial pain: applicability of chronic headache criteria.
The aim of this study was to test the temporal definitions of chronic daily headache (CDH) in an orofacial pain population and examine the features of the so-defined chronic orofacial pain (COFP). ⋯ This study provides a base for the clear definition of COFP that has the distinctive advantage of being identical to that used in headache. Additionally, our results clearly show that COFP should be regarded as a temporal definition and not a diagnosis.
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Dec 2010
Case ReportsOn the use of prothrombin complex concentrate in patients with coagulopathy requiring tooth extraction.
In patients on high-level anticoagulant therapy (prothrombin time-international normalized ratio [PT-INR] ≥ 4.5), surgical procedures can be carried out with bridging therapy using heparin. However, surgical treatment options are severely limited in patients on high-level anticoagulant therapy and who have heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), as heparin use is contraindicated. We performed tooth extraction using prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) in 2 HIT patients on high-level anticoagulation therapy (PT-INR ≥ 4.5). ⋯ Tooth extraction was then performed and sufficient local hemostasis was achieved. At 3 hours after tooth extraction, PT-INR was 2.0 or higher and later increased to 4.0 or higher, but postoperative bleeding was mostly absent. When performing tooth extraction in HIT patients on high-level anticoagulant therapy, favorable hemostatic management was achieved through sufficient local hemostasis and transient warfarin reversal using PCC.
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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Dec 2010
Awareness of complications of oral piercing in a group of adolescents and young South African adults.
Intraoral piercing as a body art has been gaining popularity amongst adolescents and young adults; however there is limited data on the awareness to complications associated with it. This study investigated the awareness of complications of oral piercing among a group of adolescents and young South African adults with intraoral piercings. ⋯ The general lack of awareness of complications related to oral piercing needs to be addressed by the dental community.