Authors: Fanny Margaretha Laihad.
Background: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the administration of 100% pure oxygen in a closed room pressurized more than 2 atmospheres and can be used for infections caused by fungi. Fungi are normal flora of the oral cavity but if it becomes a pathogen, this infection is difficult to detect or diagnose and therapy because there are no clinical symptoms. If tooth extraction is carried out in patients with asymptomatic fungal infection, it will result in complications and this has been widely reported in various journals.
Purpose: The aims of this article was to evaluate the use of HBOT in dental surgery with general anesthesia anticipated an invasive fungal infections.
Case: 17- year- old female who frequently uses antibiotics for headaches to multiple impacted teeth was planned for odontectomy under general anesthesia.
Case Management: Before performing general anesthesia, the patient is first given HBOT for 3 consecutive days. After that, a swab was taken on the oral mucosa of the impacted tooth to observe the presence of fungal growth. After surgery, HBOT was given for 3 consecutive days and the swab was taken again. There are difference results in the macroscopic appearance of fungal colonies before and after hyperbaric therapy in the operation with general anesthesia.
Conclusion: HBOT can be given to reduce the occurrence of cases of mild to severe fungal infection in oral.
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