Medical Emergency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Dental professionals must be competent in managing medical emergencies that arise within their practice settings. The likelihood that a dentist will face emergency situation during his or her career is high Life-threatening emergencies can and do occurs in the practice of dentistry. Dentists and their staff should be prepared for emergency situations which will occur at any time in their practices. These emergencies range from the minor such as the common faint (vaso-vagal syndrome) and hyperventilation, to the life-threatening such as cardiac arrest or anaphylaxis.McCarthy has stated that use of a complete system of physical evaluation for all prospective dental patients would be capable of preventing approximately 90% of life-threatening situations.