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 ...

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 customerservice@slackinc.com. Many orthopedic surgeons and dentists use antibiotic ...

Dentists, emergency room doctors and primary care physicians need to ease up on prescribing antibiotics for dental issues in patients who are otherwise healthy and have no manifestation of systemic ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 6.6 million antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed at dental visits each year. These prescriptions ...

AT least 8 out of every 10 patients who seek dental treatment do so because of an infection. Most, if not all, expect that if a person’s face is swollen, then ...

Q: Dr. Arnold, I always have had to take antibiotics before my dental cleanings. I read online recently that a lot of people don't need to do this anymore. Who really needs antibiotics before their ...

Q: For years, I’ve been getting a prescription of Amoxicillin to take before seeing the dentist because of a history of a leaky mitral valve. However, my new doctor recently refused to give me a ...