Nearly 4% of the world’s population is affected by one of more than 80 different autoimmune and chronic diseases, the most common of which include type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Crohn’s disease, Osteoporosis, and cancer.
With the tremendous increase in the prevalence of such conditions, management of these patients at dental clinic becomes a challenging task as there is no much research on the effect of these conditions and their medications on the long term and if there is any specific precautions that should be considered before any periodontal/implant surgery.