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Oral treatment needs for patients requiring heart surgery
Author(s) -
GARFUNKEL ADI A.,
MASSOT SHMUEL,
GALILI DAN
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1987.tb00635.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , heart disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , dental surgery , population , cardiac surgery , antibiotics , disease , surgery , dentistry , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Summary A study based on a group of 184 patients was conducted to evaluate the needs for dental treatment for patients requiring heart surgery. Acquired cardiac disease was more common in the adult population, whereas congenital heart conditions were more common in the young group. A positive history of infectious endocarditis was detected in 16% of the Jewish group, but in only 8% of the Arab population. The extent of dental disease showed a significant difference between the groups with or without infectious endocarditis, 84% compared with 77.4% had dental disease per se. Periodontal disease was shown in 80% of the patients with a positive history of infectious endocarditis, but in only 53% among the patients with a negative history of infectious endocarditis. Dental treatments given to our patients followed prophylactic administration of antibiotics according to the AHA recommendations. The importance of special programs designed for treating patients before heart surgery was discussed and the need for hospital‐based dental departments was suggested.