Dental Procedures and Infective Endocarditis
In the past, patients with nearly every type of congenital heart defect needed to receive antibiotics one hour before dental procedures or operations on the mouth, throat, gastrointestinal genital, or urinary tract. However, in 2007 the American Heart Association simplified its recommendations. Today, antibiotics before dental procedures are only recommended for patients with the highest risk of IE, those who have:
A prosthetic heart valve or who have had a heart valve repaired with prosthetic material.
A history of endocarditis.
A heart transplant with abnormal heart valve function
Certain congenital heart defects including:
Dental Procedures and Infective Endocarditis
In the past, patients with nearly every type of congenital heart defect needed to receive antibiotics one hour before dental procedures or operations on the mouth, throat, gastrointestinal genital, or urinary tract. However, in 2007 the American Heart Association simplified its recommendations. Today, antibiotics before dental procedures are only recommended for patients with the highest risk of IE, those who have:
A prosthetic heart valve or who have had a heart valve repaired with prosthetic material.
A history of endocarditis.
A heart transplant with abnormal heart valve function
Certain congenital heart defects including:
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