Prescribed Meds and Oral Ulcerations

Pathology

Oral ulcerations are a very common sight within the oral cavity. Luckily, due to the high reparative nature of the oral mucosa, many oral ulceration cases can be resolved with minimal or no intervention at all. However, diagnosis the ulceration is the easy part. Determining the cause is much tougher. Differential diagnosis Ulcerations can be…

When to defer an appointment if blood pressure is elevated.

General

International governing bodies of dentistry have actively recommended measuring patient blood pressure, since at least 1998.  This practice has allowed uncovering undetected hypertension and possibly safeguarding against cardiac events during outpatient surgeries. This recommendation is logical, given that it’s estimated that 45% of the US adult population has hypertension. Based on the body of current…