Management of Anaphylaxis in Dental Clinics:A Review

S. Angelinteena; Nalini Aswath; V. T. Hemalatha; A. AMUDHAN; T. Sarumathi

doi:10.37506/v10/i12/2019/ijphrd/192259

Vol 10, No 12 (2019)
Pages: 1012-1015
Published: 2019-12-01
https://doi.org/10.37506/v10%2Fi12%2F2019%2Fijphrd%2F192259

Management of Anaphylaxis in Dental Clinics:A Review

S. Angelinteena ¹, Nalini Aswath ¹, V. T. Hemalatha ¹, A. AMUDHAN ², T. Sarumathi ²

Affiliations
1 Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, generalized or systemic hypersensitivity condition with increased mortality and requires immediate management. Dentist will face this kind of risky entity most commonly while administering local anesthesia. This review is just to update and to impart knowledge regarding management of anaphylaxis to the dentists to avoid fatality.