The management of porphyria in dental practice.
From time to time a patient may attend your practice with a systemic condition that you may or may not remember from the small print of your undergraduate text books. This paper describes one such systemic condition, porphyria, and its dental management. This paper also describes the use of relative analgesia as an aid to anxiety management in porphyria.
Brown
G J
GJ
Tees and North EastYorkshire NHS Trust. g.j.brown@tinyworld.co.uk
Welbury
R R
RR
D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control*
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D002045:Bupivacaine