This paper provides an up-to-date review of the dilemma facing dentists over chemoprophylaxsis for patients with joint prostheses undergoing dental treatment. The authors' views are based on a ...

Dallas, TX - Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for dental procedures is unlikely to prevent many cases of infective endocarditis and should be restricted to patients who would be at highest risk from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers investigating antibiotic prescribing trends at a Department of Veterans Affairs dental clinic found ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 7 - A new study questions a recent recommendation that dentists give prophylactic antibiotics to all patients who have had joint replacement. In early 2009, the American ...

When the majority of patients go in for their dental visits there is not much of a risk for bacterial infection. But for a small number of people, the use of antibiotic prophylaxis may be recommended ...

In October 2016, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs collaborated to develop appropriate use criteria for prescribing prophylactic antibiotics ...

Over 1 million total joint replacement (TJR) surgeries involving the hip and knee are performed annually. [1] Any future procedure which might risk bacterial seeding of the prosthetic joint is a ...

This, says Dr. Stacy Holzbauer, is why efforts to curtail antibiotic over-prescribing tend to neglect the role of dentists: "Nobody goes to their dentist when they have diarrhea." Holzbauer, a career ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 2007 decision to no longer advise antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent viridans group streptococcal infective ...