title: Hemophilia A: Dental considerations and management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review hemophilia A with emphasis on its oral manifestations, investigations, and dental management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Search was conducted using internet-based search engines, scholarly bibliographic databases, PubMed, and Medline with key words such as "Hemophilia A," "factor VIII," "bleeding and clotting disorders," and "dental management."
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hemophilia comprises a group of hereditary disorders caused due to the deficiency of one or more clotting factors leading to prolonged clotting time and excessive bleeding tendencies. It is broadly divided into hemophilia A, B, and C, which occur due to deficiency of factor VIII, IX, and XI, respectively. Hemophilia A is an X-linked recessive hereditary disorder and is the most common of the three, accounting for 80-85% of the cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding this complex entity is very important for a dentist to provide appropriate dental treatment and avoid undesirable consequences.
authors.affiliation: Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Shilpa Padar
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Shastry
authors.affiliation: Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rachna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Al-Farabi College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Kusai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baroudi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Al-Farabi College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Dilshad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Umar
keywords: Bleeding disorder; Royal disease; bleeding time; clotting disorder; clotting time; factor VIII; hemophilia A