Pre-Op Instructions

When preparing for your upcoming surgery, the following instructions may help you. These are only general guidelines for your safety and preparedness. Dr. Juluri and his team may have already reviewed some specifics for your particular situation or they may have more details for you at the time of surgery. In any case, you are more than welcome to call his office, even if you have last-minute questions. By getting your questions answered, you will be more at ease, and your procedure will go more smoothly. Dr. Juluri’s staff is available to help you during regular business hours.
 

Exercise before surgery

When Dr. Juluri performs surgery, safety is fundamental to his treatment protocol. While exercise is important to your overall health, exercising immediately before surgery will excite your metabolism causing you to require more medication. Dr. Juluri understands your need to exercise but asks that you refrain from exercise at least one day before surgery and at least three days after surgery. After this four day window, you may resume your exercise program slowly. Even though exercise may make your surgical procedure more difficult to be speeding up your metabolism of medications, it is great for healing after the procedure. An energetic metabolism helps the healing reactions in the body proceed faster. If you are not exercising regularly, starting a new execrise program around the time of your surgery may not be the best idea.
 

Medications before surgery

If Dr. Juluri or a medical professional prescribes any pre-operative medications, please take them as directed or bring them with you to your appointment as directed. If you require antibiotic premedication, please take it as directed prior to surgery.
 

MAKE SURE DR. JULURI KNOWS WHAT MEDICATIONS YOU ARE TAKING

Please do not stop taking any of your medications without consulting Dr. Juluri, or your prescribing physician, first. If your medications change from the time of your consultation appointment to your surgical visit, Dr. Juluri will need to know about these changes prior to surgery so that he may help you better prepare. For example, if your doctor has directed you to start taking something as simple as daily aspirin, Motrin or Advil, these common over-the. counter medications may affect how your body will control your bleeding during surgery. If you inform Dr. Juluri about these changes, he still may be able to keep you on track for your procedure. If you are proactive about any medical changes, Dr. Juluri will have time to get in touch with your physician, if necessary, so that he may provide your dental care in a safe and timely manner.
 

If you take blood thinners

Not all procedures performed by Dr. Juluri create bleeding problems and not all blood thinners may compromise your ability to undergo a procedure. Regardless, if you are taking Coumadin, Plavix, Aspirin or any other blood thinner, please let Dr. Juluri know. Occasionally, a simple blood test may be coordinated with your physician, so you may avoid having to make any changes to your blood thinners. Let Dr. Juluri know what you are taking to help keep treatment within an appropriate window of safety.
 

IF YOU HAVE DIABETES

Managing your diabetes is as important to Dr. Juluri as it is to you. One of the best ways to avoid low blood sugar while you are at a dental office is to book your appointments after mealtimes. Hence, scheduling as the first appointment in the morning or first appointment after lunch will give you the best chance of avoiding low blood sugar if your appointment runs long crowding your scheduled mealtime.
 

What to bring to your surgical visit

Dr. Juluri keeps his office cool, so please dress warmly. His team will even provide blankets if you need them. You may bring your iPod or MP3 player with you if you like. If you need to bing a phone to the office, please silence it so it is not disruptive during your procedure.
 

What to eat prior to surgery

Since we do not provide conscious sedation, there are no eating restrictions prior to surgery.
 

If you are requesting to be sedated

Dr. Juluri can accomplish most procedures with a local anaesthetic, which is a temporary numbing of the area where he will perform the surgery. This method has the simplest recovery and will allow you to drive home on your own. The area receiving the anesthetic will feel fat, but not look fat, and the numbness wears off in one to eight hours after surgery depending on what type of anesthetic Dr. Juluri used and the speed of your metabolism.

If you prefer sedation we work with Illinois Anesthesia to provide your sedation needs. All of their providers maintain current credentials and participate in continuous learning to ensure the implementation of latest/safest mobile anesthesia techniques. All practitioners are duly licensed, insured, and certified in BLS, ACLS and PALS. They are experts in every aspect of office-based, mobile, dental, ambulatory and other varieties of anesthesia throughout Illinois. Their fees are separate from fees from our office but we are happy to arrange all the details for you.