Dental extraction is performed frequently and can be accompanied by perioperative or postoperative complications. Bleeding is among the most common and important issues to consider in the ...

Q: I have worked in dentistry all my adult life. One dentist I worked for instructed patients after extractions to bite on a wet tea bag if bleeding continued. He told them to use a plain old Lipton ...

A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals. The abstracts on this page have been chosen and edited by Dr Trevor Watts. In a cohort of patients with INR up to 4.0, there ...

To the Editor: "Profound Bleeding after Dental Extractions during Dicumarol Therapy" occurring in 2 patients is reported in the February 21 issue of the Journal, by Ziffer et al., whose experiences ...

According to the American Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, complications from tooth extractions occur in roughly 2-5% of ...

Sometimes, a tooth can become so severely damaged or infected that your dentist might discuss a couple of different kinds of treatment plans with you. The first is a root canal, and the other is a ...