Pruebas biométricas básicas en la práctica odontológica. Valores alterados

Abstract

The current challenge to the dentist in oral health care is to treat patients with complex medical

problems that may have diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart diseases or pa- tients who take drugs that alter blood clotting. The aim oí this literatura review is to provide basic

tools forthe interpretation of the valúes reported in the laboratory tests that are used in dentistry; which correspond to figurative elements that are found in blood (white blood cells, red blood cells

and platelets), the coagulation factors and their possible alterations in patients with blood dys- crasias; for which a systematic review has been carried out (scoping review), using biliographic

databases Pubmed, Scopus and Virtual Health Library. Detailed information has been taken re- garding the normal valúes of the tests mentioned, however in the literatura it has been reported

that most of the patients are subjected to unnecessary preoperative studies that increase costs

and morbidity of the procedure, therefore it is important to consider that normal valúes of any la- boratory test are included in two standard deviations. Therefore 2,5 % of healthy individuáis will

have a borderline valué and 2,5 % will have a supranormal valué.