JOINT REPLACEMENT AND DENTAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS.
Greeting to all my dear readers and viewers.. This time going to make you all aware of the use of ANTIBIOTIC PROPLHYLAXIS for the POST -KNEE OR HIP- JOINT REPLACEMENT( HIP OR KNEE ARTHROPLASTY) before the Invasive(MODERATE TO SEVERE) dental treatment procedures. Pic: BASED ON THE…. current or the previous(retrospective)studies /data-case reports, the recommendation of the ANTIBIOTICS BEFORE DENTAL TREATMENT is still a topic of discussion by the medical and dental practitioners. STILL EXISTS AS A DILEMMA FOR THE DENTAL PRACTIONERS AND CONFLICTING FOR THE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS whether to consider antibiotics prior dental procedures in terms of BACTEREMIA. Updated guidelines are published time to time for the conflicting projections being in agreement for some and others in disagreement for the orthopedic surgeons. ANTIBIOTIC GUIDELINES OR RECOMMENDATIONS. MINIMAL TIME PERIOD TILL NO ANTIBIOTIC TO BE TAKEN.: Time period -POST-PONE MINOR dental procedures OTHER THAN INVASIVE DEN