Guidelines for the management of patients on oral anticoagulants requiring dental surgery.
Perry DJ, Noakes TJ, Helliwell PS,
British Committee for Standards in Haematology and Department of Haematology, Box 234, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ. david.perry@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
The objective of these guidelines is to provide healthcare professionals, including primary care dental practitioners, with clear guidance on the management of patients on oral anticoagulants requiring dental surgery. The guidance may not be appropriate in all cases and individual patient circumstances may dictate an alternative approach.
Published 15 October 2007 in Br Dent J, 203(7): 389-93.
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