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Conditions that may increase the risk for problems after a mouth or dental injury:
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Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medicines, and diseases interfere with one’s ability to heal or fight infection. The person may be at risk for a more serious problem from his or her symptoms if he or she have any of the following. Be sure to tell the health professional in detail.
THE CONDITIONS:-
*Heart valve disease:
*Heart valve replacement
*Previous dental injuries
*Previous dental or gum surgery
*Radiation therapy to the mouth, face, or neck (now or in the past)
*Surgery to remove the spleen
Lifestyle choices:
*Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
*Drug abuse or withdrawal
*Smoking or other tobacco use
Medicines:
*Antiseizure medicines, such as phenytoin
*Birth control pills (oral contraceptives)
*Blood-thinning medicines, such as warfarin, heparin, and aspirin
*Calcium channel blockers, which are used to control high blood pressure or for people with heart problems
*Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
*Medicines that contain gold
*Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection
*Medicines used to treat cancer (chemotherapy)
*Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin or ibuprofen
Diseases:
*Cancer
*Dental disease, such as tooth decay or gum disease
*Diabetes
*Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa
*Gastroesophageal reflux disease
*Hemophilia
*Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
*Infection of the muscles and valves of the heart (endocarditis)
*Iron deficiency anemia
*Malabsorption syndromes
*Scleroderma
*Sickle cell disease
*Vitamin deficiencies, such as too little folate, niacin, pyridoxine, riboflavin, vitamin C, and vitamin K
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Sources:MSN Health & Fitness
