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Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to Dental Procedures
Antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry has been recommended for different groups of patients, such as patients with impaired immunologic function, patients at risk of developing infective endocarditis or prosthetic joint infection, patients previously exposed to high-dose irradiation of the head and neck regions, and patients receiving intravenous ...
Bozana Lončar-Brzak +2 more
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Evaluation of physico-mechanical properties of dental plaster modified with pulverized acrylic waste [PDF]
Background: Dental plaster is most widely used to make temporary casts and as an investment medium during the fabrication of removable complete and partial denture prostheses. Dental plasters exhibit poor mechanical properties.
Alla, Rama Krishna +9 more
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A Review of Guidelines for Antibiotic Prophylaxis before Invasive Dental Treatments
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 +3 more
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Infective endocarditis: prevention and antibiotic prophylaxis
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 +11 more
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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 +2 more
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Increasing oral PMN during experimental gingivitis and its reversal by prophylaxis
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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Background: Total joint replacement recipients (TJR) are at risk for prosthetic joint infection (PJI), particularly those with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Jeffrey N. Katz +10 more
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Medical dental prophylaxis of endocarditis [PDF]
Antibiotics have long been the main reason for the increase in man's longevity. Since their discovery, man has tried to reduce the level of infection by treating with antibiotics. At the same time, prophylactic use has been suggested, although this is controversial. Their routine use is not recommended, and empirical treatments at non-therapeutic doses,
Basilio, Regina C. +2 more
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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.M., Shaw, D.
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Evaluating an audit and feedback intervention for reducing antibiotic prescribing behaviour in general dental practice (the RAPiD trial):a partial factorial cluster randomised trial protocol [PDF]
Background: Antibiotic prescribing in dentistry accounts for 9% of total antibiotic prescriptions in Scottish primary care. The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) published guidance in April 2008 (2nd edition, August 2011) for Drug ...
Ramsay, Craig R +55 more
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