Article: Volume 48 Number 11 Page 957 - December 2021

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General Dental practice:  The impact of drug therapy on minor oral surgery procedures

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Abstract: Some advanced and slightly more invasive treatments require the use of certain drugs before, during and after the treatment like local anesthetics, vasoconstrictors, anxiolytics, analgesics and antibiotics. All of these can possibly interact with medications a patient is already taking and can also interfere with the current dental treatment and create complications. This article aims to provide necessary information about commonly encountered systemic diseases and associated treating medications, their mechanism of action, possible complications and their management.

Clinical relevance: This article discusses drugs that are used for treating various systemic conditions, but can have a harmful effect on minor oral surgery procedures.

Author notes: Khadeeja Saleem, BDS, MSc, Postgraduate student, Oral Medicine Unit; School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Paras Ahmad, BDS, MSc, Senior Registrar, Department of Oral Medicine, Dental Section, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan. Jawaad Ahmed Asif, BDS, MOMS, FRACDS, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Prince Mutaib Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital, Sakakah, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia. Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, BDS, MSc, PhD Scholar, Conservative Dentistry Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Tahir Yusuf Noorani, DDS, MResDent, FRACDS, Lecturer, Conservative Dentistry Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. email: dentaltahir@yahoo.com

Objective: The reader should gain an understanding of drugs, which are used for treating various systemic conditions, but can have a harmful effect on minor oral surgery procedures.