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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 90-B, Issue 7, 825-826.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B7.21110  
Copyright © 2008 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Editorial

Dental treatment and prosthetic joints

ANTIBIOTICS ARE NOT THE ANSWER!

T. F. Oswald, MRCP, FRCPath, Specialist Registrar in Medical Microbiology1; and F. K. Gould, MRCPath, FRCPath, Consultant Microbiologist2

1 Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK.
2 Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr T. F. Oswald; email: t.oswald{at}doctors.org.uk

Abstract

The routine administration of prophylactic antibiotics for dental interventions to prevent haematogenous spread of infections to prosthetic joints is a contentious issue. In this editorial we discuss the potentially harmful effects of this practice and propose an alternative solution.






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