Fotios Tzermpos

PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF BLEEDING IN THE DENTAL OFFICE

Bleeding during and/or after a dentoalveolar procedure is a major concern for clinicians. If not addressed, this bleeding can lead to the patient's death. The estimated risk of hemorrhage related to third molar extraction ranges from 0.2% to 1.4%.

Bleeding during surgery may arise from both local and systemic factors. Local factors encompass normal anatomical structures and pathological lesions. Systemic factors include hereditary coagulopathies (Von Willebrand disease, Hemophilia A and B) , platelet defects and certain medications. Many medications and herbal medications have anticoagulant properties. The antithrombotic medications are therapeutically necessary and are part of a treatment regiment for medical conditions and especially for cardiovascular disease.

This presentation will emphasize not only how to prevent but also how to manage perioperative bleeding in dentoalveolar surgery.

Dr Fotios Tzermpos DMD , MDis an Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and past President of the Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research.

He was born in Piraeus and is a graduate of the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1985) and the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2010) .

He completed his post-graduate studies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at TUFTS University of Boston , School of Dental Medicine (1986-1990). In 1991 he did a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh , School of Medicine. In 2001 he completed his doctorate at the Dental School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

From 2004 to 2022 he served as Lecturer, Assistant and Associate Professor at the Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Dental School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He has been a consultant of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center since 1993.

Since 1993 he has maintained a private practice in Piraeus, exclusively dealing with Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is a member of several Greek and international scientific societies. He has published many scientific papers in Greek and international journals and has participated as a speaker in a variety of Greek and international conferences, workshops and training seminars.