It is time, actually long past time, for the profession of dentistry to aggressively challenge the use of the pumice and rubber cup "prophylaxis" in caring for children. I place the term "prophylaxis" ...

Dental prophylaxis involves a dentist cleaning the teeth and inspecting the mouth for signs of any dental issues. Prophylaxis means preventive medical treatment. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Searches were made for relevant papers using Medline, CINHAL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...