Clinicians frequently prescribe antibiotics and opioids to patients who visit emergency rooms (ER) with nontraumatic dental problems, according to a new study published in the March issue of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Suda and colleagues performed a cross-sectional study of antibiotics prescribed within 7 days before a visit in ...

Prophylactic antibiotics, when given to high-risk patients before they have invasive dental procedures, are linked to a lower likelihood of infective endocarditis (IE) in the month thereafter, ...

Dentists, emergency room doctors and primary care physicians need to ease up on prescribing antibiotics for dental issues in patients who are otherwise healthy and have no manifestation of systemic ...

Preventive antibiotics before dental work may not lower the risk of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) in patients who underwent total hip or knee replacements, according to a study recently ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a stent, but also a knee replacement, for which I take four 500-mg capsules of amoxicillin each time I go to the dentist, including just for cleaning. Do you have any ...

Q. I have mitral valve prolapse and for years I was instructed to take antibiotics prior to dental procedures like teeth cleaning. I recently saw my dentist and she told me that antibiotics are no ...