Comparative evaluation of oral and dento-maxillofacial manifestation of patients with sickle cell diseases and beta thalassemia major.

CONCLUSION: Finally, the study gives an insight into the various oral and dento-maxillofacial manifestations of SCD and BTM and also reveals an association that exists between the oral and dento-maxillofacial manifestations and systemic health in these patients, thus stressing the importance of the concise and periodic examination of these individuals to perform appropriate preventive dental and periodontal care, and the facilitation of the management of the disease. PMID: 29165026 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hematology - Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Source Type: research