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James A. Snyder, DDS, MS
Dentistry for Those with Disabilities and Medical Needs Alexandria
For people with underlying medical problems or disabilities dental care can be difficult or impossible to get. We see these patients every day and complete their dental treatment in complete comfort and safety at the Center for Dental Anesthesiology (CDA) in Alexandria, Virginia, serving the entire Washington, D.C. area.
Patients with medical problems (or their caregivers) may be especially anxious about dental work. They may worry about how they will tolerate the time in the chair or how their medications can be managed along with the dental care. For example, some patients need IV antibiotics to protect the heart, transplanted organ, or artificial joint every time he or she has dental work. This patient would typically have to go to an IV medication center for the antibiotics and then see the dentist withing a specified period of time - every time. This is very tedious and time consuming. At the CDA we simply administer the IV antibiotics in our office and proceed with the treatment.
We see patients with a variety of medical problems ranging from simple to very complex every day. We collaborate with primary care physicians and specialists to provide the safest and most comprehensive care. We can easily administer IV antibiotics and other necessary drugs. With the proper sedation or anesthesia, even patients with complex medical problems can get the dental treatment they need safely and comfortable.
Examples include:- ‘Hyper allergic' persons
- Alzheimer's
- Down Syndrome
- Mental diabilities
- Psychiatric illnesses
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Atypical facial pain
- Pituitary dysfunction
- Cerebral vascular event (stroke)
- Closed head injury / brain tumor
- Organ transplant
- Joint replacement
- Heart valve replacement
- Dialysis (renal failure)
- Hepatitis
- Immunodeficiency
- HIV - AIDS
- Chemotherapy (anticipated, ongoing or following)
- Upper body nuclear (radiation) therapy (ditto above)
- Post head and / or neck surgery
- Fibromyalgia
- Quadriplegia
- Advanced pulmonary disease
- ‘Brittle' diabetes mellitus
- Complex endocrine disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Muscular dystrophy (and all other ‘wasting' syndromes)
- Scleroderma
- Advanced lupus (erythematosis)
These conditions require special attention to achieve quality dental treatment results in comfortable conditions for the patient.
The Center for Dental Anesthesiology has treated thousands of patients with special and complex medical needs. The equipment, staff, facilities, medication and monitoring are all here and in constant use.
Contact the Center for Dental Anesthesiology in Alexandria, Serving Washington, D.C., Arlington, Fairfax County, Virginia and Surrounding Areas
Please contact our dental office to find out how a we can help patients with special medical needs. Dr. James Snyder and his team of doctors are uniquely able to do this and are among the most highly regarded professionals in their field.