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Evaluation of the impact of dental prophylaxis on the oral microbiota of dogs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Periodontal disease is one of the most commonly diagnosed oral diseases in dogs and can result from undisturbed dental plaque. Dental prophylaxis is a routinely practiced veterinary procedure, but its effects on both the plaque and oral microbiota is not
Rebecca Flancman, Ameet Singh, J Scott Weese   +2 more
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Changes in Gloss Alteration, Surface Roughness, and Color of Direct Dental Restorative Materials after Professional Dental Prophylaxis [PDF]

Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023
In the context of optimizing dental care for patients who are elderly, the purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the surface gloss (with a micro-area gloss meter) of, surface roughness (with a compact surface roughness measuring instrument) of ...
Aya Miyashita-Kobayashi, Akiko Haruyama, Keigo Nakamura, Chia-Ying Wu, Akihiro Kuroiwa, Nobuo Yoshinari, Atsushi Kameyama   +6 more
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Perceived preparedness and educational gaps in post-exposure prophylaxis among dental students in Saudi Arabia: a nationwide survey [PDF]

BMC Oral Health
Background Dental professionals are at increased occupational risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus.
Bassel Tarakji, Anas Alsalhani, Faisal Mehsen Alali, Abdulrahman Farhan Almukhalfi, Mohammad Hamad Alkanhal, Ghadah Saad Alazmi, Afra Hamoud Alshammari, Sultan Abdulaziz Altowairqi, Anwar Abdalrhman Alharbi, Omar Hassan M Alyzid Asiri, Abdullah Saad Alqahtani, Abdullah Alshehri, Abdullah Bin Nabhan, Faisal S. Alhedyan, Khalid Ayidh Alqahtani, Mohammed A S Abuelqomsan, Mohammed Sadeg A. Al-Awar, Mohammad Zakaria Nassani   +17 more
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Prosthetic Joint Infection After Dental Work: Is the Correct Prophylaxis Being Prescribed? A Systematic Review

Arthroplasty Today, 2021
Background: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) of total hip (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) after dental procedures is uncommon, and antibiotic prophylaxis remains controversial.
Richard M Danilkowicz, Karen D Barton
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Dental prophylactic interventions are associated with lower decompensation-related hospitalizations over 2 years in cirrhosis [PDF]

JHEP Reports
Background & Aims: Poor oral health is associated with systemic inflammation and unfavorable outcomes in chronic diseases, including cirrhosis.
Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Scott Silvey, Anas Aljabi, Janina Golob Deeb, Nilang Patel   +4 more
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Does antibiotic prophylaxis for dental treatment prevent periprosthetic infections? [PDF]

GMS Infectious Diseases
Background: The German Society for Arthroplasty (AE) recommends a single dose of 2,000 mg amoxicillin as an antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) in patients with total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA, TKA) who undergo ...
Ursel Heudorf, Rolf Tessmann, Klaus-Peter Hunfeld   +2 more
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A Review of Guidelines for Antibiotic Prophylaxis before Invasive Dental Treatments

Applied Sciences, 2020
Bacteraemia associated with invasive dental treatments can propagate infective endocarditis in high-risk cardiac patients. Over the past decade, antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatment has been questioned.
Abdulaziz A. Bakhsh, Husain Shabeeh, Francesco Mannocci, Sadia Ambreen Niazi   +3 more
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Infective endocarditis: prevention and antibiotic prophylaxis

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021
The Swiss societies of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiology and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Group of Switzerland present the current update on infective endocarditis prophylaxis in a joint initiative.
Swiss Medical Weekly, Parham Sendi, Barbara Hasse, Michelle Frank, Ursula Flückiger, Katia Boggian, Benoit Guery, Raban Jeger, Stephan Zbinden, Philipp Agyeman, Walter Knirsch, Matthias Greutmann   +11 more
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Pattern of antibiotic prophylaxis practice for dental procedures in children with congenital heart disease

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2020
Background: Various antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines have been published such as the American Heart Association 2007, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2006, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2008, European Society of ...
Jama'iah Mohd Sharif, Raja Zarina Raja Shahardin, Ganasalingam Sockalingam   +2 more
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Increasing oral PMN during experimental gingivitis and its reversal by prophylaxis

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021
This investigation evaluated clinical parameters and the levels of polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMN] collected in an oral rinse amongst subjects who refrained from dental hygiene for a period of 12 days.
Prem K. Sreenivasan, Violet I. Haraszthy
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