No increase in infective carditis after reducing routine antibiotic prophylaxis
NICE Guideline 64 does not recommend the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis in invasive dental procedures to prevent infective carditis. Their guideline states that patients should only be offered...
View ArticlePlating fractures of the angle of the mandible via a transbuccal approach may...
The aim of this study was to investigate whether fixation of fractures of the mandibular angle using miniplates placed through a transbuccal approach resulted in lower infection rates that those...
View ArticleModerate evidence that prophylactic antibiotics reduce the risk of infection,...
Tooth extraction is probably the most commonly conducted surgical procedure. Teeth are normally extracted because of severe dental caries or periodontal (gum) infection, although they are also removed...
View ArticleLittle good quality evidence on whether to leave or remove impacted third...
Fracture of the mandible often occurs through the angle where it may be closely related to, or involve an impacted third molar. There is a debate about whether they should always be extracted or...
View ArticleStudy suggests an increasing number of Americans are being hospitalised with...
Periapical abscess is sequelae of the death of the dental pulp often as a result of dental caries or trauma. It is normally managed in dental practice with root canal treatment or extraction. However,...
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Dental implant failures reduced with prophylactic antibiotic suggests review
Dental Implants are now widely used to replace missing teeth. Some dental implant losses a may be due to infection at insertion. Consequently, a range of antibiotic regimes have been suggested,...
View ArticleOrthognathic surgery: antibiotic prophylaxis reduced surgical site infection
Orthognathic surgery for the correction of dentofacial and craniofacial deformities has increased in recent decades and the percentage of patients developing surgical site infection (SSI) is reported...
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