title: Dental management of patients taking antiplatelet medications.
abstract: Antiplatelet medications are drugs which decrease platelet aggregation and inhibit thrombus (clot) formation. They are widely used in primary and secondary prevention of thrombotic cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease. The most common antiplatelet medications are the cyclooxygenase inhibitors (aspirin) and the adenosine disphosphate (ADP) receptor inhibitors clopidogrel (Plavix) and ticlopidine (Ticlid). The dental management of patients taking these drugs is reviewed here.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D006801:Humans; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin