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Dental considerations for the patient receiving dialysis for renal failure
Author(s) -
LEVY HAROLD M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1988.tb00682.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , intensive care medicine
A review of the literature describing the dental management of patients receiving hemodialysis because of renal failure is presented. A description of the renal failure process is given. Pretreatment and day of treatment precautions are considered. A pertinent dental case report of a dialysis patient is also presented.