We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Many orthopedic surgeons and dentists use antibiotic ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 7 - A new study questions a recent recommendation that dentists give prophylactic antibiotics to all patients who have had joint replacement. In early 2009, the American ...

Preventive antibiotics before dental work may not lower the risk of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) in patients who underwent total hip or knee replacements, according to a study recently ...

Greater than 80% of antibiotics prescribed for infection prophylaxis prior to dental visits were found to be unnecessary, according to a recent retrospective cohort study. The aim of the study was to ...

Dallas, TX - Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for dental procedures is unlikely to prevent many cases of infective endocarditis and should be restricted to patients who would be at highest risk from ...

This, says Dr. Stacy Holzbauer, is why efforts to curtail antibiotic over-prescribing tend to neglect the role of dentists: "Nobody goes to their dentist when they have diarrhea." Holzbauer, a career ...

Antibiotics have been a treasure for medicine in their ability to fight infection and stop harmful bacteria. For certain high-risk groups, antibiotics are administered before routine dental visits.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers investigating antibiotic prescribing trends at a Department of Veterans Affairs dental clinic found ...

Prophylactic antibiotics, when given to high-risk patients before they have invasive dental procedures, are linked to a lower likelihood of infective endocarditis (IE) in the month thereafter, ...

Web-based support is now available to dental healthcare providers who are faced with this age-old clinical question: When should we prescribe antibiotic prophylaxis for dental patients with prosthetic ...