Is stopping of anticoagulant therapy really required in a minor dental surgery? - How about in an endodontic microsurgery?

Nowadays, oral anticoagulants are commonly prescribed to numerous patients for preventing cardiovascular accident such as thromboembolism. An important side effect of anticoagulant is anti-hemostasis. In a major surgery, the oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) regimen must be changed before the surgery...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yong-Wook Cho, Euiseong Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry 2013-08-01
Series:Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5395/rde.2013.38.3.113