Resumen

BENITO-URDANETA, Marisol et al. Dental management of patient with antithrombotic therapy . Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.1, pp.277-288. ISSN 0001-6365.

The objective of the present work is to give information related to the dental management of patient receiving antithrombotic therapy, since people with heart disease frequently receive this kind of therapy, and they range a wide population in Venezuela , in addition to the high prevalence of cavities and periodontal disease ; therefore, it is necessary the specialists and dentist to be updated on the management of those patients, because the surgical and non surgical dental treatment may lead to hemorrhagic complications and on one hand, the withdrawal of medication may cause the onset of a thrombotic phenomenon, on the other hand, the pharmacological therapy commonly used in dentistry may interact to the medical treatment and cause complications; for managing those patients, it is important to use the haemostatic agents in order to avoid and control the local bleeding.

Palabras clave : Dental management; antithrombotic therapy; dental disease; heart disease.