New horizons in anticoagulation: Direct oral anticoagulants and their implications in oral surgery

Background: Thrombotic disorders remain a leading cause of death in the Western World. For decades, vitamin K antagonists used in the prevention of this pathology, such as warfarin or sintrom, were the only oral agents available for long-term anticoagulation, in spite of their disadvantages. Material and Methods: An electronic database search was carried out on MedLine and The Cochrane Library Plus, without restrictions on the type of study nor dates, in English and Spanish. Abstracts were reviewed, and complete articles if necessary, considering all articles that included recommendations on DOACs and oral surgery. Results: In recent years, the so-called "new oral anticoagulants" have been introduced in clinical practice to treat those patients whose medical conditions require long-term anticoagulant treatment, replacing traditional oral anticoagulants. Conclusions: The new oral anticoagulants represent new therapeutic options, with a number of advantages such as poor interaction with food, minor drug interactions, and do not require periodic dose adjustments or routine controls. The purpose of this review is to establish an update on the new oral anticoagulants: Dabigatran, Rivarozaban, Apixaban and Edoxaban (AU)

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Manejo de tejidos blandos en regeneración/reconstrucción ósea mediante la técnica quirúrgica ‘Double Flap Incision Technique modificada’. Técnica de preservación del periostio / Oral surgery management of soft tissues with a new ‘Double Flap Incision Technique’ A periosteal preservation technique

Introducción: Las técnicas implantológicas demandan la existencia de unas estructuras óseas adecuadas en calidad y cantidad para alojar las fijaciones oseointegradas de un modo predecible. En ocasiones, el sustrato óseo es insuficiente, por lo que son necesarias técnicas de reconstrucción/regeneración ósea que precisan de un cierre primario completo para asegurarnos que los fenómenos que conducirán a la formación de nuevo tejido óseo se sucedan. El objetivo de este estudio es mostrar una serie de ocho casos clínicos donde la ‘Double Flap Incision Technique modificada’ nos sirve para reconstruir zonas de defecto óseo en la región mandibular posterior que limitaban la colocación de fijaciones oseointegradas. Métodos: Se realiza un estudio prospectivo de ocho casos clínicos procedentes de nuestra práctica privada, con déficit óseo en la zona posterior mandibular en pacientes demandantes de un tratamiento rehabilitador con prótesis fija implantosoportada. En todos los casos se utilizó la denominada ‘Double Flap Incision Technique modificada’ (DFITm). Resultados: En todos los casos conseguimos un cierre primario completo a los 15 días y fue posible la colocación de los implantes en la zona regenerada con criterio protésicamente guiado. Conclusión: La técnica de doble colgajo ‘Double Flap Incision Technique modificada’ nos permite llevar a cabo un adecuado cierre primario sin tensión en casos que requieran una reconstrucción o regeneración ósea, evitando la aparición de dehiscencias que conllevarían al fracaso del tratamiento (AU)

Introduction: Dental implants’ techniques needed to appropiate high-quality bones structures which can support osteointegration bindings in a predictable way. Occasionally, bone substrate is not the suitable one, it is for that reason that we need bone reconstruction and regeneration techniques in which we have to make a complete wound healing in order to guarantee bone regeneration in a correct way. The aim of this article is to comment eight case reports in which we used ‘Double flap incision technique’ to repair bone loss in posterior mandibular region. Methods: We have carried out a pilot study in about eight cases reports whose patients had bone loss in posterior mandibular region and treated with a dental implants’ repair treatment. ‘New Double Flap Incision Technique’ was used in all the cases we report. Results: We obtained an appropiate and complete wound healing in 15 days. In addition, dental implants were positionated in regenerated region correctly in all cases. Conclusion: This ‘New Double Flap Incision Technique’ provide us a way to obtain complete wound healing with no strain in cases which needed bone regeneration or reconstruction, avoid the presence of dehiscences which fail the treatment (AU)