Bleeding Disorders and Dentistry

This book provides current recommendations on dental management of patients with congenital and acquired bleeding disorders, as well as those taking anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents. It offers essential information regarding physiological and pathophysiological hemostatic processes, classification of bleeding disorders and their oral manifestations, mechanisms of action of antithrombotic drugs and their implication to dental treatment. Disorders of platelet number and function, hemophilia, Von Willebrand disease and liver disorders are discussed as well ensuring as patient safety and the complexities of dental treatment of patients with bleeding disorders. This book is of interest for general dentists, dental specialists and dental students, but also for physicians who prescribe antithrombotic medications and treat patients with bleeding disorder.