Q: I have worked in dentistry all my adult life. One dentist I worked for instructed patients after extractions to bite on a wet tea bag if bleeding continued. He told them to use a plain old Lipton ...

A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals. The abstracts on this page have been chosen and edited by Dr Trevor Watts. In a cohort of patients with INR up to 4.0, there ...

An oral surgery protocol to control bleeding for heart patients taking anticoagulant medications has shown positive results, according to a study in the Journal of Oral Implantology (December 2011, ...

To the Editor: "Profound Bleeding after Dental Extractions during Dicumarol Therapy" occurring in 2 patients is reported in the February 21 issue of the Journal, by Ziffer et al., whose experiences ...

A dentist has been suspended after a patient on anti-clotting medication died following a tooth extraction procedure he oversaw. Patient A, as the woman is referred to on a report from the U.K.'s ...

If you've ever had a tooth pulled, your dentist likely cautioned you about the risk of dry socket-a painful condition where ...

The procedure for dental extraction typically involves a consultation to go over the specific situation of the patient, administration of anesthesia, loosening, and extraction of the tooth.