title: Dental screening of medical patients for oral infections and inflammation: consideration of risk and benefit.
abstract: The primary purpose of preoperative dental screening of medical patients is to detect acute or chronic oral conditions that may require management prior to planned medical interventions. The aim of this communication is to discuss the background of preoperative dental screening and the link between dental pathologies and systemic diseases.
authors: Laboratoire Anthropologie Moléculaire et Imagerie de Synthèse (AMIS), UMR 5288, CNRS, Toulouse, France; Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paul Sabatier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse, France. Electronic address: delphine_maret@yahoo.fr.
authors: Delphine
authors: D
authors: Maret
authors: Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific, Arthur A Dugoni, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Ove A
authors: OA
authors: Peters
authors: Oral Oncology Department, Comprehensive Cancer Center Institut Claudius-Regaud, Institut Universitaire du Cancer, Toulouse, France.
authors: Emmanuelle
authors: E
authors: Vigarios
authors: Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angelès, CA, USA.
authors: Joel B
authors: JB
authors: Epstein
authors: Center of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Lucas
authors: L
authors: van der Sluis
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D009057:Stomatognathic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Dental diseases; Infection control; Medical interventions; Oral inflammatory diseases