background and aims. dental procedures injuring oral tissues may induce bacterial release to blood stream that can cause infective endocarditis in susceptible patients. the aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of general dental practitioners (gdps) in tabriz, northwest of iran, regarding endocarditis prophylaxis in cardiac patients receiving dental treatments. materials and...

background. this study evaluated the effect of two prophylaxis techniques on the marginal gap of ci v resin-modified glass-ionomer restorations. methods. standard cl v cavities were prepared on the buccal surfaces of 48 sound bovine mandibular incisors in this in vitro study. after restoration of the cavities with gc fuji ii lc resin-modified glass-ionomer, the samples were randomly assigned to...

background and aims. irrational prescription of antibiotics by clinicians might lead to drug resistance. clinicians do prescribe antibiotics for either prophylactic or therapeutic reasons. the decision of when and what to prescribe leaves room for misuse and therefore it is imperative to continuously monitor knowledge and pattern of prescription. the aim of the present study was to determine th...

results sixteen patients (66.7%) in antibiotic group and 20 patients (90.9%) in placebo group had post-operative swelling and pain. the average pain in the antibiotic and placebo groups were (31.04 + 26.29) and (37.73 + 23.69) respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant (p value = 0.37). one patient in each group had probing depth between 5 to 7 mm in six months after sur...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the cumulative exposure to bacteraemia from dental procedures currently recommended for antibiotic prophylaxis and compare this with cumulative exposure from dental procedures not recommended for prophylaxis. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING University and teaching hospital maxillofacial and dental department. PATIENTS 136 children with severe congenital cardia...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Dental procedures injuring oral tissues may induce bacterial release to blood stream that can cause infective endocarditis in susceptible patients. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of general dental practitioners (GDPs) in Tabriz, Northwest of Iran, regarding endocarditis prophylaxis in cardiac pa-tients receiving dental treatments. MATERIALS A...

The American Heart Association (AHA) has provided new guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis in dentistry. In this paper, written for dentists, major changes in the updated recommendations which dentists should be aware have been discussed. These recommendations address the impact of oral hygiene and type of dental procedures on high-risk patients, risk of adverse reactions of antibi...

materials and methods this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was carried out in hamadan in 2011. ninety gdps participated in this study and filled out a questionnaire. one-way anova andchi-squared test were used for statistical analysis of data. results the knowledge levels of gdps about cardiac diseases, dental procedures requiring prophylaxis and endocarditis prophylaxis regimens w...

introduction: infectious endocarditis might occur by oral microbial flora subsequent to dental procedures leading to bleeding in the oral cavity. therefore, the dental practitioner should be able to prescribe appropriate antibiotics in the prophylactic measures against bacterial endocarditis during dental procedures. the aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of general dental practiti...