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Oral Clues to Undiagnosed Congenital Hemophilia: A Systematic Review of Case Reports.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · Badagabettu S, Kumar M · 2026-09-01

Researchers systematically reviewed case reports to identify oral signs that led to hemophilia diagnosis, finding that prolonged bleeding following dental extraction—particularly delayed bleeding from day two onwards—was the first indicator of previously undiagnosed hemophilia in several cases, emphasising dental professionals' role in identifying undetected bleeding disorders.

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