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Dental Considerations in Anemia

This document discusses dental considerations in anemia. It defines anemia and lists common symptoms like fatigue and pallor. Anemia is classified based on red blood cell morphology and etiology. Common causes include nutritional deficiencies, blood loss, and chronic diseases. Specific types discussed include iron deficiency anemia, Plummer Vinson syndrome, macrocytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and aplastic anemia. Diagnostic tests are outlined and signs, symptoms, and radiographic findings are described for different anemias.

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Dental Considerations in Anemia

This document discusses dental considerations in anemia. It defines anemia and lists common symptoms like fatigue and pallor. Anemia is classified based on red blood cell morphology and etiology. Common causes include nutritional deficiencies, blood loss, and chronic diseases. Specific types discussed include iron deficiency anemia, Plummer Vinson syndrome, macrocytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and aplastic anemia. Diagnostic tests are outlined and signs, symptoms, and radiographic findings are described for different anemias.

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DENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ANEMIA

WHAT IS ANEMIA?

NORMAL ANEMIA
SYMPTOMS

Hypoxia
Fatigue SIGNS Pallor

Brittle nails Glossitis


CLASSIFICATION
MORPHOLOGICAL
Normocytic normochromic Normocytic hypochromic

Macrocytic hypochromic Microcytic hypochromic


CLASSIFICATION
ETIOLOGICAL

Nutritional deficiency Hemolysis

Chronic diseases
Blood loss Aplasia of bone marrow
INVESTIGATIONS
MEN WOMEN
Haemoglobin (g/dl) 14-17.4 12.3-15.3
Haematocrit(%) 42-50 36-44
RBC Count(10^6/mm3) 4.5-5.9 4.1-5.1
Reticulocytes 1.6+-0.5% 1.4+-0.5
MCV(fL) 80-96 80-96
MCH(pg/RBC) 30.4+-2.8 30.4+-2.8
MCHC(g/dL of RBC) 34.4+-1.1 34.4+-1.1
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

Excess loss
Insufficient dietary intake Improper absorption
Ferritin
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS

Angular cheilitis Atrophic glossitis Mucosal pallor Candidiasis

Mucositis Ulcers Burning mouth


PLUMMER VINSON SYNDROME
Iron deficiency anemia
MACROCYTIC ANEMIA
Ataxia

Red beefy tongue

Unsteady gait

Altered taste

Clumsiness

Burning mouth
Peripheral neuropathy
INVESTIGATIONS
BLOOD LOSS ANEMIA
ACUTE CHRONIC
• Tachycardia Associated with
• Pallor chronic diseases like
• Bounding or weak • Autoimmune
pulse conditions
• Hypotension • Kidney diseases,
• heart failure,
• cancer
• Liver disease
• Infections
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
THALASSEMIA
SYMPTOMS

Jaundice Shortness of breath


Chipmunk facies Fatigue
RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
• Class 2 skeletal base
• Short mandible
• Chipmunk facies
• Spiky shaped roots
• Taurodontism
• Attenuated lamina dura
• Absence of inferior alveolar canal
• Thin cortex of mandible
• Small maxillary sinuses
• Enlarged bone marrow spaces
• Narrow arches
• Thickened diploe
• Trabeculae arranged perpendicularly (hair
on end appearance)
HAEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
MEN WOMEN
Haemoglobin (g/dl) 14-17.4 12.3-15.3
Haematocrit(%) 42-50 36-44
RBC Count(10^6/mm3) 4.5-5.9 4.1-5.1
Reticulocytes 1.6+-0.5% 1.4+-0.5
MCV(fL) 80-96 80-96
MCH(pg/RBC) 30.4+-2.8 MEN 30.4+-2.8
MCHC(g/dL of RBC) 34.4+-1.1 34.4+-1.1
APLASTIC ANEMIA

Pancytopenia

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