Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 51-57 , January 2008

Hemostatic Management of Tooth Extractions in Patients on Oral Antithrombotic Therapy

  • Yoshinari Morimoto, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Morimoto: Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
    • ,
  • Hitoshi Niwa, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
    • ,
  • Kazuo Minematsu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Director, Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.

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PII: S0278-2391(07)01499-1

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.06.655

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 51-57 , January 2008

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