A small handbook on blood sampling for dentists and oral surgeons in the dental practice has been published. The sole author of this guide is Professor Shahram Ghanaati, DDS, MD, PhD, senior consultant and deputy director of the department of oral and maxillofacial plastic surgery at Frankfurt University Hospital, Germany.
Although the advantages of platelet-rich fibrin and other blood concentrates in dental implantology are well-known, dentists and dental assistants are not used to taking blood samples. The author presents a guideline for collecting and preparing blood samples to ensure a high level of patient safety in these cases and a certain degree of professionalism in the dental profession. In his foreword, the author rightly points out that only regular practice can bring theory to life.
The soft-cover book is extremely compact at 64 pages. The author focuses on the individual work steps and points out possible application errors using 88...
