Which medical condition(s) can be compromised by dental treatment?
A. Rheumatic fever, high blood pressure, heart mumrur
B. Herpes simplex type 1
C. AIDS, hepatitis B, tuberculosis
D. diabetes
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A and D can compromise the patient
B and C can compromise the dentist and his assistants
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I'm a dentist
Depending on the type of treatment it would have to be
E. Heart Transplant, Valvular Surgery with a stint or repair of a failed stint, Congestive Heart Disease, Infective Endocarditis.
RF and HM in and of themselves do not qualify since the last guidelines that were issued by the AHA last year. High blood pressure itself would be compromised only if it was uncontrolled and your dentist used epinephrine in multiple carpules. Herpetiform viruses would only be "compromised" by spread of the vesicles. AIDS patients are immunocompromised anyway so getting rid of the dental disease would only help them. Hepatitis B isn't an issue and neither would be tuberculosis. The diabetic has problems controlling infections and with healing. IF they were having surgical extractions they could possibly have an adverse result but getting rid of an infection of dental origin would only help them.
A and D
