Dental implants in heart transplant patients?
Last Updated: Oct 04, 2013
Has anyone done dental implants in heart transplant patient or any transplant patient? I have a heart transplant patient being evaluated for full mouth teeth extraction and full mouth dental implants and is taking Prograf (tacrolimus) and Cellcept (mycophenolate). He had his heart transplant 6 years ago and is otherwise in good health, except for periodontal disease. I have not been able to find any guidelines in the peer reviewed literature on how to evaluate or treatment plan this patient or if I should be taking special precautions. Has anybody had experience with this?
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Richard Hughes, DDS, FAAI
10/05/2013
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10/05/2013
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10/08/2013
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10/08/2013
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