After reviewing published studies, the committee found that only a small number of cases of infective endocarditis might be prevented by antibiotics for dental procedures. In patients with heart ...

Streptococcus mutans, a dental caries-causing bacterial pathogen ... system to an infection leading to death) and infective ...

disease and dental caries (decay), that lead to chronic and acute infections such as abscesses. It's that sort of thing that puts you at risk for frequent bacteremia and presumably endocarditis if ...

This toothbrush cleans your teeth at a rapid 40,000 strokes per minute polishing your teeth in just a few minutes ...

who visited the Osaka University Dental Hospital from February 2013 to September 2014. The children received root canal treatment under local anesthesia for severe childhood caries (49), trauma (12), ...

Another limitation is that a few studies investigated the association between dental caries and drug use, emphasizing this gap in the literature. Also, since we did not interfere with the setting ...

The bacteria that cause endocarditis may enter your body through a cut in your skin, a needle injection site, surgery, or even dental work. After entering your body, the bacteria travels through ...

You can help prevent subacute bacterial endocarditis by taking the following steps. Take good care of your teeth and gums. Brush and floss your teeth daily and get regular dental care. Subacute ...

Dental caries remains one of the most widespread health issues globally, despite the advancements in dentistry. In a recent interview at IDS with dentists Drs. Haley and Goly Abivardi, co-founders of ...

Few health misfortunes are more universally understood or dreaded than a toothache. The dull, persistent discomfort can easily turn into throbbing pain that can be made even worse by sinus ...