What medications does your dentist really need to know about? As a dentist, there are very few medications that really change anything we do. Blood thinners and bisphosphates are nice to know for surgery but we rarely change anything or take you off of them. One study showed almost 1% of patients that were taken […]
Blood thinners and dental work Blood Thinners (List) Anticoagulants Coumadin (warfarin) Why we don’t go off. Wahl 2000 JADA Pradaxa (dabigatran) Xarelto (rivaroxaban) Eliquis (apixaban) Antineoplastics Antiplatelet Aspirin Plavix (clopidogrel) Effient (prasugrel) Brilinta (ticagrelor) INR values for oral surgery This data is based on the 1997 study listed. In 2000 one study showed almost […]
