Analysis of Prosthetic Joint Infections Following Invasive Dental Procedures in England.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Dentists in the United States are under pressure from orthopedic surgeons and their patients with prosthetic joints to provide antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures (IDP) to reduce the risk of late prosthetic joint infection (LPJI). This has been a common practice for decades, despite a lack of evidence for an association between IDP and LPJI, a lack of evidence of antibiotic prophylaxis efficacy, cost of providing antibiotic prophylaxis, and risk of both adverse drug reactions and the potential for promoting antibiotic resistance.

Objective

To quantify any temporal association between IDP and subsequent LPJI.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used a case-crossover and time trend design to examine any potential associati

SUBMITTER: Thornhill MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8771300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature