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We have a journal reporting regarding Renal Physiology and our chosen journal is entitled as "Dental Considerations in patients with chronic renal failure, can someone help me with this please? It would be of great help.

If a patient has chronic renal failure, are dentists able to perform oral check up or operations to them? If not, why? These patients also have specific drug dosage which can be determined by creatinine clearance. Can anyone tell me in a simplified way on how to determine creatinine clearance and giving dosage to these patients. Also, what is the relationship with chronic renal failure and dental anomalies in a patient? Can chronic renal failure lead to dental anomalies or something? Can someone elaborate this?

Thank you in advance to those who could answer some of my questions. I am having a hard time understanding the journal since we haven't had Pharmacology yet.  :'(

Is there a correlation between chronic renal failure and dental anomalies? I never knew the two were even closely related :s I've attached something that might help. let me know if it helps.

The document that you have attached is the journal that I was talking about. I am having a hard time understanding the results since its mostly pharmacology related, and as I've mentioned, we have not yet been taught about Pharmacology. T.T Do u have any idea??? Thanks btw.

It's still understandable without knowledge in pharmacology. I'd have to read the whole thing, but I don't have the time. If anything, the results are cleanly summarized in the conclusion:

The most important renal pathology in dentistry is CRD.
Up to 90% of patients with CRD show oral signs and
symptoms, such as bleeding tendency, greater susceptibility
to infections and gingival overgrowth produced by
cyclosporine.

Thanks. Do you know the patho-physiology of Chronic Renal Disease?

A lot to read, but it's exactly what you need :down: