| Issue |
J Dentofacial Anom Orthod
Volume 20, Number 1, 2017
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| Article Number | 107 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/odfen/2018119 | |
| Published online | 14 December 2018 | |
Original Article
Heart and teeth: old enemies finally reconciled?
Cardiologist, Independent Hospital
Address for correspondence: Olivier Lweborgne – 11 avenue Jules-Ferry – 35700 Rennes olivier_leb@yahoo.fr
Received:
15
September
2016
Accepted:
30
September
2016
Dealing with cardio-vascular system, two types of complications may happen during oral and dental care. The first one is the risk of focal infection, especially at the endocardium. The second one is the hemorrhagic risk. New guidelines, edited by international societies of cardiology and buccal surgery, have questioned our conventional way of thinking. The purpose of this topic is to decline these recommendations to orthodontics.
Key words: Infectious endocarditis / hemorrhagic risk / orthodontics
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