PURPOSE To investigate the association between periodontal disease (PD) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and evaluate the effect of dental prophylaxis on the incidence rate (IR) of AMI. METHODS The Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000 from the National Health Insurance program was used to identify 511,630 patients with PD and 208,713 without PD during 2000-2010. Subjects with PD ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A correlation has been found between periodontal disease (PD) and stroke. This study was conducted to investigate whether dental prophylaxis and periodontal treatment reduce the incidence rate (IR) of ischemic stroke. METHODS We identified 510 762 PD cases and 208 674 non-PD subjects from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2010. The PD cases were divided into dental proph...

D ental providers must keep up to date with antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines for infectious endocarditis (IE) as these guidelines represent standards of care and determine medicolegal standards. A survey of Canadian dentists revealed that practitioners tend to employ antibiotic prophylaxis according to the guidelines in place at the time of their graduation from dental school — guidelines that...

PURPOSES The purposes of this study were to: (1) investigate the current clinical practice regarding the use of antibiotic prophylaxis by pediatric dentistry residency program directors and pediatric hematologists for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) requiring dental treatment; and (2) evaluate the perceived relative risk of bacteremia following specific dental procedures, as defined by ...

BACKGROUND Dental procedures may cause stress and increase the salivary cortisol levels. It is important to known if apparently simple procedures such as professional dental prophylaxis at low speed (DP) are stressful for children with dental behaviour management problems (DBMP) to help with behaviour guidance strategies. This longitudinal study aimed to evaluate if DP changes a physiological m...

A good enamel cleaning before acid etching is necessary to prepare esthetic and functional direct and indirect restorations and fissure sealants [1,2]. Plaque and discolorations are removed by dental prophylaxis technique with pumice powder or paste and rotating brush or small rubber cup [3], there are other techniques like air-flow and bicarbonate jet polisher, which are as operative as the ot...

A survey of antibiotic prophylaxis recommendations for patients with hydrocephalus shunts was sent to directors of advanced programs in pediatric dentistry and neurosurgery. Recommendations were sought for patients with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) or ventriculoatrial (VA) shunts who were to receive dental care. Most respondents believed that shunt infection (SI) was related infrequently to dental...

The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of bacteria isolated from bacteraemia after dental extraction was compared with that of bacteria isolated from dental plaque samples from the same patient. The results supported the current practice of using penicillin and erythromycin empirically for prophylaxis. The prediction of the most appropriate antibiotic for prophylaxis using dental plaque samples was...

BACKGROUND The actual risk of prosthetic joint infection as a result of dental procedures and the role of antibiotic prophylaxis have not been defined. METHODS To examine the association between dental procedures with or without antibiotic prophylaxis and prosthetic hip or knee infection, a prospective, single-center, case-control study for the period 2001-2006 was performed at a 1200-bed ter...