Hassan Abed

Assistant Professor and Consultant of Conscious Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Department of Basic and Clinical Oral Science, Faculty of Dentistry, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

email: hhabed@uqu.edu.sa

Cardiac transplantation and dentistry

A comprehensive dental assessment is a fundamental part of the work-up towards cardiac transplant surgery. As patients are placed on high-dose immunosuppressive regimens in the post-transplant...

Bariatric dentistry: a review and clinical recommendations

Obesity is a multifactorial disease that results from the interaction of genetic, endocrine, environmental, behavioural, and social factors. Genetic causes of obesity include polygenic, monogenic,...

Clinical tips for safe and effective root canal treatment under intravenous sedation with midazolam

Anxious patients are sometimes unable to retain pre-operative verbal instructions related to pain management or dental treatment owing to their anxiety levels.7 Therefore, it is important to follow...

Oral and dental management for people with lymphoma

Lymphoma is a solid neoplasm that arises in lymphoid tissues and spreads to distant lymphoid glands and organs.1 It occurs when abnormal lymphocytes increase in number without proper control. They...

Oral and dental management for people with multiple myeloma: clinical guidance for dental care providers

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow. It is the second most common bone marrow cancer, yet it only accounts for 2% of all cancers.1 Plasma cells are a type of white...