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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Many orthopedic surgeons and dentists use antibiotic ...

When the majority of patients go in for their dental visits there is not much of a risk for bacterial infection. But for a small number of people, the use of antibiotic prophylaxis may be recommended ...

Knowledge and attitudes toward infective endocarditis (IE) differ among dental and medical students based on their educational progression, according to research published in the Journal of Dental ...

Over 1 million total joint replacement (TJR) surgeries involving the hip and knee are performed annually. [1] Any future procedure which might risk bacterial seeding of the prosthetic joint is a ...