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Volume 8, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Blood Disord Transfus
ISSN: 2155-9864 JBDT, an open access journal Hematologists 2017
May 08-09, 2017
7th World Hematologists Congress
May 08-09, 2017 Barcelona, Spain
Salma M AlDallal et al., J Blood Disord Transfus 2017, 8:2(Suppl)
Dental health in sickle cell disease
Salma M AlDallal1, M M AlKathemi2, W H Haj3 and N M AlDallal4
1Amiri Hospital, Kuwait
2Dental One Clinic, Kuwait
3Basma Clinic, Kuwait
4Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common blood disorders typically inherited from one’s parents. It is presented with
a wide variety of clinical symptoms, and varied degrees of severity that can be determined based on the phase during which
the disease is diagnosed, the age of the patient, number of hospitalizations in the past, requirement for continuous drug use and
for blood transfusions, in addition to several other factors. It is highly critical that the physicians should be aware of the oral
manifestations and physiopathology of the disease. Additionally, the dental surgeons should cautiously obtain the patient’s clinical
history and collect information about specific features so that they can build up a plan for any dental treatment that is in accordance
to the patient’s limitations and requirements. Maintaining a complete chart recording the general patient information along with
periodically updating the medical history of the patient should be practiced by all the physicians. The treatment strategy should focus
on the achievement and maintenance of oral health and to decrease the risks of dental complications. The literature summarizes the
treatment of dental complications in patients with SCD.
Biography
Salma M AlDallal has completed her PhD at University of Manchester, UK. She has published 14 articles in reputed journals and has experience in Haematology
& Blood Bank Laboratory. She has also published several papers in national and multi-national journals. She is the senior of training courses of haematology
technicians at general hospital laboratory in Kuwait.