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Perception of the importance of oral hygiene in a group of adults from South-West Romania [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Stomatology, 2021
Oral hygiene is a dental procedure with the role of removing bacterial plaque and action to prevent oral diseases, including periodontal disease. Oral prophylaxis includes both daily dental hygiene (daily brushing, flossing and mouthwash) and the visits
Dora Maria Popescu, Andrada Soanca, Allma Pitru, Alex Salan, Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe, Petra Surlin   +5 more
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The dental management of patients at risk of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: New paradigm of primary prevention [PDF]

, 2018
Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a serious adverse reaction of antiresorptive and antiangiogenic agents; it is a potentially painful and debilitating condition that can considerably affect the quality of life of patients ...
Bedogni, Alberto, Campisi, Giuseppina, Di Fede, Olga, Fusco, Vittorio, Lo Muzio, Lorenzo, Mauceri, Rodolfo, Panzarella, Vera, Sipmo Onj Board, Null   +7 more
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Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Neonates and Children Undergoing Dental, Maxillo-Facial or Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Surgery: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study

Antibiotics, 2022
Surgical site infections (SSIs) represent a potential complication in surgical procedures, mainly because clean/contaminated surgery involves organs that are normally colonized by bacteria.
E. Rigotti, S. Bianchini, Laura Nicoletti, Sara Monaco, E. Carrara, Francesca Opri, R. Opri, C. Caminiti, Daniele Dona, M. Giuffré, A. Inserra, L. Lancella, A. Mugelli, Giorgio Piacentini, N. Principi, S. Tesoro, E. Venturini, A. Staiano, A. Villani, E. Sesenna, C. Vicini, S. Esposito, On Behalf Of The Peri-Operative Prophylaxis In Neo   +22 more
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Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures

BMC Oral Health, 2022
Background Prescribing medicine is integral to clinical dentistry. Infective endocarditis may be rare but fatal if left untreated. As a result, judicious prescribing of antibiotics should be implemented due to potential.
Charn Thanissorn, J. Park, Kate N. Wang, M. Tennant, A. Page, E. Kruger   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self-Reported Occupational Exposure to HIV and Factors Influencing its Management Practice: A Study of Healthcare Workers in Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Blood borne infectious agents such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) constitute a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs).
A Karstaedt, A Sharma, B Doebbeling, B Gumodoka, B Shariati, C Denise, C Lin, C Sagoe-Moses, CM Mangione, D Strader, F Pont, FM Nsubuga, G Bennet, G Frijstein, Godfrey M Mubyazi, Government of India, Hamisi M Malebo, Hussein Mohamed, JL Gerberding, K Twitchell, Kijakazi O Mashoto, M Zhang, MM Chagani, MMWR, RC Merchant, SK Lwanga, SV Manyele, WHO, Y Hutin   +28 more
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STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DENTAL COMPLICATIONS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR PREVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER AND LUNG CANCER IN THE ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION

Український стоматологічний альманах, 2022
The aim of the work is to analyze the data of patients with malignant neoplasms of the breast and lungs, to investigate the structure of dental complications before and after chemotherapy, to determine the effectiveness of dental prophylaxis ...
A.M. Filon, O.P. Kolesnik, O.V. Voznyi
doaj   +1 more source

A review on the prevention of inflammatory periimplant diseases [PDF]

, 2019
Background: An impressive number of dental implants are inserted worldwide. Evolution in dental implants and simplification of surgical techniques allowed a significant increase in the number of dentists involved in implant surgery.
Di Nardo, D., Passariello, C., Polimeni, A., Testarelli, L.   +3 more
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A Three-Month Clinical Trial on the Efficacy of Hyaluronic Acid Adjunctive Non-Surgical Therapy for Periodontitis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Biomedicines
Background/Objectives: Conventional periodontal treatment for patients with diabetes has shown promising results, primarily focusing on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels as an endpoint measure.
Iwona Olszewska-Czyz, Ewa Michalak, Agata Dudzik   +2 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis is not indicated prior to dental procedures for prevention of periprosthetic joint infections: A systematic review and new guidelines from the Dutch Orthopaedic and Dental Societies

Acta Orthopaedica, 2017
Background and purpose — To minimize the risk of hematogenous periprosthetic joint infection (HPJI), international and Dutch guidelines recommended antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures.
Willem M H Rademacher, Geert H I M Walenkamp, Dirk Jan F Moojen, Johannes G E Hendriks, Theo A Goedendorp, Frederik R Rozema   +5 more
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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

, 2010
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.
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