When Can Dental Care be Provided After a Heart Attack or Stroke?

The series on managing medically compromised patients in the dental office continues this week on CDA Oasis.

In this video, Dr. Sanjukta Mohanta, a general dentist from Brampton, Ont., discusses the management of patients who have had a heart attack or stroke and answers the all-important question of when to treat and when not to treat.

Helpful links:

• CDA Oasis: How can I treat a patient with previous myocardial infarction?
• CDHO Advisory: Myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest
• CDHO Advisory: Stroke
• BCCOHP: Heart and stroke