Antibiotics: Page 10

CR newsletter: Disinfect your preparations
By Laird Harrison
Before bandaging a wound, you apply an antibiotic ointment. Before probing a tooth, you sterilize your explorer. So should you also disinfect a tooth before placing the restoration? Rella Christensen, R.D.H., Ph.D., says yes.
January 10, 2010
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No need for dental antibiotic prophylaxis after joint replacement: study
By Reuters Health
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.
January 6, 2010
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Time to rethink antimicrobials?
By Rochelle Sharpe
BOSTON - Despite concerns of antibiotic overuse and superresistant biofilms, systemic disease experts speaking at the American Academy of Periodontology meeting this week said that dentists should not be so reluctant to prescribe antibiotics for patients with severe gum disease.
September 16, 2009
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Selenium could help create new antibiotics for gum disease
By Rabia Mughal
The trace mineral selenium could be the key to developing a new line of antibiotics for bacteria that cause periodontal disease, according to researchers from the University of Central Florida.
June 25, 2009
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Lack of antibiotics costs $2.6M; Mass. AG sues scammers
By Kathy Kincade
September 30, 2008
Lack of antibiotics costs dentist $2.6 million
By Kathy Kincade
UPDATE: An Oklahoma jury has sided against Robert Morford, D.D.S., whose diabetic patient died after he extracted her tooth without prescribing antibiotics. But the jury found the patient's husband partially liable as well.
September 28, 2008
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Antibiotics reduce need for follow-up perio surgery
By Kathy Kincade
Administering amoxicillin and metronidazole immediately following periodontal surgery can significantly reduce the need for additional surgery, according to researchers from the University of Geneva School of Dental Medicine.
July 21, 2008
Antibiotics after scaling and root planing: A prescription for success
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Want to give your patients suffering from periodontitis an extra safety net? A once-daily dose of subantimicrobial-dose doxycycline SDD containing 40 mg of doxycycline for nine months after scaling and root planing is an effective adjunct to treatment, according to a new study.
March 10, 2008
Preop antibiotics better?
By Robert Luhn
Extracting wisdom teeth is a messy affair. Post-op infections are common, notes one dentist, because third molars "are usually filthy if erupted and you leave a big hole if you have to dig the tooth out."
November 14, 2007
Few heart patients need antibiotics
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists no longer need to prescribe antibiotics to most patients at risk of heart disease, according to a new recommendation by the American Heart Association (AHA).
October 17, 2007
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