I had gallbladder surgery last year and I have an upcoming one this year for my thyroid but I was wondering, why is it that they ask about dental stuff. Why is it important for surgery? What happens to people who have emergency situations and have like bad teeth or something? Just curious.
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The top answers touched on the most common reason, intubation. I have another specific and interesting reason.
My father received a lung transplant and they wouldn’t put him on the donor list until he had a couple of messed up teeth extracted.
Organ transplant recipients need to have their entire immune systems suppressed so their body doesn’t reject the new organ. An infected tooth while you have no immune system could become a serious problem.
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