Development of Routine Dental Care for Liver Transplant Outpatients

Liver transplantation has become commonplace for patients with end-stage liver disease. The liver is a bodily organ of great importance, and its dysfunction can cause significant complications throughout the body. Patients with hepatic disease should be able to acquire knowledge of the physiology of the liver via the dental profession, and it is also necessary to modify some aspects of dental treatment even in healthy patients. Problems such as excessive bleeding and hepatotoxicity caused by some of the drugs used in dental treatment can lead to a decrease in systemic health.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 1, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: S.V. Nascimento, A.M. Gonzalez, B. Aguiar Roza, C.F.M.G. Pimentel, J. Schirmer, S. Mucci, D.C. Abranches Tags: 15th Brazilian Transplantation Congress and 16th Portuguese-Brazilian Transplantation Congress Source Type: research