New Guidelines for Antibiotics before dental procedures

The new guidelines indicate that most of the patients who needed to take antibiotics in the past no longer are required to take them…. Researchers have found that there is no evidence that taking the antibiotics prior to a dental procedure will prevent infective endocarditis in patients at risk of developing a heart infection. These bacteria in the mouth are already able to enter their blood streams from brushing and flossing..The guidelines say patients who have taken prophylactic antibiotics routinely in the past but no longer need them include people with:

…The new guidelines are aimed at patients who would have the greatest danger of a bad outcome if they developed a heart infection.

…any repaired congenital heart defect with residual defect at the site or adjacent to the site of a prosthetic patch or a prosthetic device

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