title: Routine and emergency management guidelines for the dental patient with renal disease and kidney transplant. Part 2.
abstract: Aimed at the practitioner in Special Care Dentistry, this is the second article in a two-part series providing guidelines on the dental management of renal patients. Dentists working in Special Care Dentistry will frequently be called upon to manage dialysis patients, whether pre- or post-transplant. The following paper deals with guidance as to the assessment, work-up and management of such patients when undergoing specialist dental treatment. The key to safe treatment is careful assessment, discussion and planning with the relevant team members.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper provides guidance to the special care dentist for the dental management of patients with renal disease, and highlights issues in patients who are either on dialysis or have a kidney transplant.
authors.affiliation: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saif
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kewley
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woywodt
authors.forename: Vanita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brookes
mesh_terms: D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents