Louna Sibai

Resident, Al-Atfal Hospital, Damascus, Syria

Facial skin lesions dentists should know

BCC is the most common type of skin cancer on the sun-exposed areas of face, head and neck. It accounts for about 75% of non-melanoma skin cancers.1,2 BCC presents as an epidermal neoplasm; a...

Management of bleeding disorders in the dental practice: managing patients on anticoagulants

Warfarin is commonly prescribed for prophylaxis or therapeutic treatment of thrombo-embolic disease and arrhythmias. It acts as a vitamin K antagonist so it affects the synthesis of active factors II,...