Abstract

Dental professionals will be confronted more frequently with medicallycompromised patients due to an increasing life expectancy in Westerncountries. The patients' systemic diseases and medication usage canboth have consequences for oral health and dental treatment. It is oftenimpossible to have all medical-dental interactions handy in the dentalpractice. To support the dental professional in providing safe healthcare,a tool has been developed. The medical-dental interactions scannersupports both patients and dental professionals in taking a patient'smedical history and linking that information to the available literature.By that means, it is possible for the caregiver to provide patient-specificrecommendations concerning possible adverse effects of medicaments,intra-oral manifestations of systemic diseases and measures to preventmedical emergencies.

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