Tooth removal and anticoagulant therapy

After reading the interesting article “Update on coagulopathies” by Schardt-Sacco (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2000;90:559-63), we would like to make a few comments, which have arisen after carrying out a survey in the hematology departments of 30 randomly selected hospitals in Spain with respect to the guidelines for tooth removal in patients under oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT).