World Dental 2019
Journal of Clinical Dentistry and Oral Health | Volume 3
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DENTISTRY AND
DENTAL MATERIALS
4
th
World Congress on
DENTAL TREATMENTS AND BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS
Belisa Olmo
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
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rterial hypertension is pathology of high prevalence that tends to increase with age and it is one of the ma-
jor risk factors for cardiovascular disease. A dentist can provide a valuable public health service by regularly
checking the blood pressure of their patients. However, a dentist cannot diagnose arterial hypertension based
on momentary actions, but must inform the patient when the values are suggestive of hypertension, suggest
lifestyle behaviours and refer the patient to a specialist for further testing to obtain a correct diagnosis. The
response of blood pressure to dental treatment is conditioned by factors that the dentist should try to reduce,
such as physical and psychological stress, environment, humoral factors, central stimuli and neural reflexes.
The blood pressure response to surgical and non-surgical dental treatments and the effect of local anaesthetics
with or without a vasoconstrictor, is important because follow-up and blood pressure control in older patient
cohorts can improve dental and clinical management.
J Clin Dentistry Oral Health 2019, Volume 3
Accepted Abstract