Case Reports in Dentistry (Jan 2017)

Dental Management of a Child with Incidentally Detected Hemophilia: Report of a Clinical Case

  • Ricardo Martínez-Rider,
  • Arturo Garrocho-Rangel,
  • Raúl Márquez-Preciado,
  • María Victoria Bolaños-Carmona,
  • Socorro Islas-Ruiz,
  • Amaury Pozos-Guillén

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7429738
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017

Abstract

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Children with hemophilia (A or B) are at risk for bleeding episodes, which rank from mild mucosal/soft tissues bleeding to life-threatening hemorrhages. This report describes the dental/medical management provided to an 8.10-year-old patient suffering from uncontrolled bleeding after a surgical procedure to expose both permanent upper central incisors, in which hemophilia was a pure incidental finding. Additionally, diverse precautions to be considered during the dental clinical treatment of hemophilic children are discussed.