Canceling dental procedures due to elevated blood pressure: Is it appropriate?

CONCLUSIONS: To the authors' knowledge, there are no prospective study investigators that have addressed whether or when to cancel dental procedures due to office-measured elevated BP. The authors recommend using current anesthesiology guidelines based on functional status and past BP measurements to prevent unnecessary cancellations. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: It is seldom necessary to cancel dental procedures on the basis of BP measured before a planned procedure for patients under a physician's care. PMID: 32067694 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - February 20, 2020 Category: Dentistry Tags: J Am Dent Assoc Source Type: research