Overall Health 
Antibiotic Premedication: When Your Dentist and Doctor Disagree(3)
Many people need to take antibiotics before certain dental procedures. To learn why, you can read my previous post about when you need to take antibiotics before dental work. You can also read the general guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons regarding antibiotic premedication before dental work. Although [...]
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Antibiotics Before Dental Work for Joint Replacements
Last year I wrote an article about dental antibiotic prophylaxis, which talked about why dentists prescribe antibiotics for their patients to take before many dental procedures. In that post I mentioned that anybody who has a joint replacement is supposed to get antibiotics prescribed to them before certain dental procedures. The reason for this is [...]
Why You Might Need to Premedicate With Antibiotics Before You See Your Dentist
During my first few weeks as a student-dentist in the clinic at dental school, I had a new patient assigned to me. She arrived late, and we were both in a hurry to get the oral examination and treatment planning finished so we could start working on her teeth. Without going into too much detail, [...]
Hi, I'm Tom. I'm currently a 4th year dental student in the USA. I started this blog to help people take better care of their teeth. You can