Open AccessDentists’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Treating Patients Taking Oral Antithrombotic Medications – A Survey
Author(s) -
C Ravindran,
Ritvi K. Bagadia,
Anusha Mohan,
Eswar Kandaswamy,
Deepak Chandrasekaran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23648.9236
Subject(s) - medicine , descriptive statistics , antithrombotic , rivaroxaban , family medicine , warfarin , dabigatran , population , environmental health , atrial fibrillation , statistics , mathematics
India lists high on patients suffering from diabetes, hypertension, stroke and myocardial infarction. Hence, a large proportion of the population is on long term Oral Antithrombotic Medications (OAM). Though several guidelines exist on dental management of these patients, previous surveys have shown variation among the dentists.