Attitude and practice of dentists in patients taking oral antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications
Although dental procedures do not posses a high bleeding risk and can be safely performed without interruption of blood thinners, there is an overestimation of the risk of bleeding by the dentists.It's understood that a considerable number of participants are not familiar with the blood thinners, coagulation tests and perioperative management.
Authors
- Özge Doğanay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5273-7774)
- Alper Alkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-511X)
- Sadi Gündoğdu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1515-2803)
Institutions
- Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi (TR)
- Adnan Menderes University (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Oral Health
- Published
- 2025-04-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-05980-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78