Dental treatment in patients with leukemia.
Dental treatment in patients with leukemia. Zimmermann C, Meurer MI, Grando LJ, Gonzaga Del Moral JÂ, da Silva Rath IB, Schaefer Tavares S. PMID: 25784937 Neutrophil and platelet counts play a major hematologic index in predicting bleeding, infection risk, and whether to perform dental procedures. There are no internationally accepted protocols, but several recommendations have been published. (Table 2) Generally, antibiotic prophylaxis is required when the neutrophil count is less than 1,000 cells / mm3, and transfusion is recommended when the platelet count is 40,000-60,000 cells / mm3. Dental procedures can be divided into six groups according to the degree of invasiveness. Types I and II are noninvasive procedures, and patients can be enrolled at any time before, during, and after chemotherapy. In this case, the patient is in the transchemotherapy group because of the fact that the consolidation therapy will be started immediately after the induction therapy 2 weeks after th...