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ELECTROtorque 4890/K200.
Cardiac pacemakers
When treating patients with implanted
cardiac pacemakers, it must be borne in
mind that the pacemaker function may be
influenced; see the communications which
appear from time to time in the technical
journals.
As a rule, the patient wearing a cardiac
pacemaker must state at the beginning of
every treatment that he is wearing an
electrical heart stimulator. Presentation of
the pass identifying the cardiac pacemaker
enables the well informed dentist to
estimate the possible effect of his technical
equipment. Today, it should be obligatory,
especially in the case of elderly patients,
also to inquire about the implantation of a
cardiac pacemaker, in addition to questions
concerning previous diseases, tendency to
haemorrhage, etc., when recording the case
history.
References
Machtens, E.:
Die zahnärtzliche Behandlung von
Patienten mit Herzschrittmachern. Dtsch.
zahnärztl. Z. 38: 1048 - 1052 (1983).
Wahl, G.:
Diskussionsbeitrag zu Machtens zur
Beeinflußbarkeit von Herzschrittmachern in
der zahnärtzlichen Praxis. Dtsch. zahnärztl.
Z. 42: 11 - 16 (1987)
Aderhold, L., J. Kreuzer:
Untersuchungen zur Beeinflußbarkeit von
Herzschrittmachern in der zahnärztlichen
Praxis. Dtsch. zahnärztl. Z. 42: 11 - 16
(1987)
Statutory provisions
The general guidelines and/or national laws
applicable to medical products, national
regulations and the rules of industry for
commissioning and during operation must
be applied to the KaVo product in
accordance with the prescribed purpose and
must be fulfilled.
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