Bacteremia Associated With Toothbrushing and Dental Extraction | Zendy

Peter B. Lockhart | Zendy; Michael T. Brennan | Zendy; Howell Sasser | Zendy; Philip C. Fox | Zendy; Bruce J. Paster | Zendy; Farah K. BahraniMougeot | Zendy

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Bacteremia Associated With Toothbrushing and Dental Extraction

Author(s) -

Peter B. Lockhart,

Michael T. Brennan,

Howell Sasser,

Philip C. Fox,

Bruce J. Paster,

Farah K. BahraniMougeot

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.758524

Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , dental extraction , dentistry , extraction (chemistry) , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , chemistry , chromatography

Antibiotic prophylaxis recommendations for the prevention of infective endocarditis are based in part on studies of bacteremia from dental procedures, but toothbrushing may pose a greater threat. The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence, duration, nature, and magnitude of endocarditis-related bacteremia from single-tooth extraction and toothbrushing and to determine the impact of amoxicillin prophylaxis on single-tooth extraction.

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