Epilepsy and Oral Health Care
Keywords:
Epilepsy, Seizures, Oral health, Dental problems and managementAbstract
Epilepsy is a neurological condition characterised by seizure activity. As an oral health care provider, knowledge about such conditions will help render better dental care to epileptic patients. Epileptic patients suffer from poor oral health, tooth loss, periodontal diseases, recurrent caries etc. Seizure episode in dental clinic is a medical emergency and should be handled cautiously. Only if a dentist is well aware about this kind of medical condition, can he manage and make a positive psychological impact upon the sufferers as well as encourage them to keep good oral hygiene for better general health. This article discusses general considerations, medications interacting with epileptic drugs, management of seizure episode, dental conditions and requirements of epileptic patients and management of status epilepticus. [A Oak, Natl J Integr Res Med, 2018; 9(3):71-74]
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