Dental management in hypertensive patients

Ana Cristina Silva de Souza, Maria Luiza de Freitas Pereira, Gabriela Meira

Blood pressure, Hypertension, Oral health.

Systemic arterial hypertension or high blood pressure is a disease that affects many people in the world and is considered a relevant factor in establishing the cause of death. Arterial hypertension is when the pressure that the blood exerts on the walls of the arteries to move is very strong, being above the values considered normal. In addition, this disease involves hardening of the vascular walls, which makes it difficult for blood flow to pass. Therefore, the general objective of this work is to evaluate the existing literature, in order to verify dental care for hypertensive patients. The methodology used was a review of the integrative literature, which searched material databases that supported the theme addressed here. After this survey, 13 articles made up the research results. It is concluded that in the case of diagnosed and treated hypertension, the dentist should consult the patient's doctor, when starting the treatment plan, to make possible the integration of the medical and dental treatments. These patients can be submitted to non-surgical treatments using normal methods, and in case of simple surgical procedures, complementary sedation should be used.

Received: 15 Oct 2020; Received in revised form: 19 Jan 2021; Accepted: 15 Feb 2021; Available online: 28 Feb 2021

10.22161/ijaers.82.40