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Glanzmann's disease; gingival bleeding despite good OH
Author(s) -
Malden N.,
Al–Mahozi S.,
Scully C.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12280
Subject(s) - medicine , gingivitis , platelet , coagulation , glanzmann's thrombasthenia , dentistry , thrombasthenia , platelet aggregation
Gingival bleeding is most commonly due to plaque‐related gingivitis. Haemostasis depends upon three phases – a vascular phase, a platelet phase and blood coagulation (clotting). Defects in any phase may lead to a bleeding tendency. Platelet defects are often quantitative (thrombocytopenia) and readily understood but there are also qualitative (thrombasthenia) defects – related to various platelet receptors. We report a rare case of gingival bleeding despite good oral health care the main complaint being that the patient was embarrassed by blood‐stained lips interfering with social interaction.