Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 9

Issue : Issue 1

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Kinnari Rajpura.
KinnariRajpura@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Chronic renal Failure (CRF) is the progressive and irreversible deterioration of renal function. Patients with CRF requiring maintenance haemodialysis (HD) exhibit increased prevalence of oral lesions. Since worldwide increasing number of patients with this disease have been documented and majority of them show oral signs and symptoms related to disease or treatment, dental management of such patients require clinician to be aware of oral manifestations related to disease and understand patients’ special condition such as bleeding tendency, hypertension, anaemia, drug intolerance, altered bone mineralization and increased susceptibility to infection. The purpose of this article is to aware dental practitioners regarding oral manifestations of CRF patients on maintenance haemodialysis and to summarize management strategies that can be put in to practice in dental office to treat these patients.

Keywords: Hemodialysis, xerostomia, oral manifestations.