Importance Practice guidelines often provide recommendations in which the strength of the
recommendation is dissociated from the quality of the evidence. Objective To create a …

The oral microbiome plays a major role in shaping oral health/disease state; thus, a main
challenge for dental practitioners is to preserve or restore a balanced oral microbiome …

Summary In 2023, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) updated its infective
endocarditis (IE) guidelines strongly endorsing antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) before invasive …

Background It is not clear whether Viridans Group Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis (VGS-
IE) among individuals at high risk is more frequent following bacteraemia caused by …

Background Prescribing medicine is integral to clinical dentistry. Infective endocarditis may
be rare but fatal if left untreated. As a result, judicious prescribing of antibiotics should be …

Abstract Purpose of Review The question of antibiotic prophylaxis and its role in prevention
of infective endocarditis (IE) remains controversial, with differing recommendations from …

Purpose Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe bacterial infection. As a measure of
prevention, the administration of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) prior to dental procedures was …

TO THE EDITOR—The study by Vahasarja et al [1] concluded that “the current Swedish
recommendation not to administer antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) for the prevention of infective …

Abstract Background Dentists in the United States and Canada have higher rates of
prescribing broad-spectrum spectrum antibiotics than dentists in some other Western …

Abstract Purpose of Review Endocarditis remains a challenging diagnosis, with significant
implications for early identification and initiation of therapy. In this review, we examine the …