PEGORARO, Júllian Dalla Libera    OLIVEIRA, Cristiane Aparecida de. Hypertensive crisis in dentistry. RFO UPF []. 2015, 20, 3, pp. 380-383. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: This study aims to gather information about hypertensive crisis, to differentiate hypertensive emergency from hypertensive urgency, to present procedures for dentists, and to contribute for the better understanding of the subject by dentists who feel uncertain about medical emergencies. Literature review: Characterized by a fast, intense, and improper increase in blood pressure, hypertensive crisis is one of the complications of arterial hypertension. It may occur due to an imbalance between cardiac output and peripheral vascular resistance. The increase in blood pressure overloads the blood vessels and the heart, requiring fast and accurate correction, especially in patients with other pathologies. Hypertensive crises may or may not be associated with target-organs damage, which distinguishes hypertensive emergencies and hypertensive urgencies. Final considerations: It is essential that dentists know how to prevent a hypertensive crisis since dental care is closely linked to fear, which promotes an increase in anxiety and therefore in stress.

: Hypertension; Emergency treatment; Dentistry.