The effects of oral surgery on the course of patients with diseases of the heart

The experiences with oral health and dental prevention of children with congenital heart disease

“…Even in the era prior to availability of penicillin, endocarditis rarely followed dental extractions in patients with rheumatic heart disease. 12 More recent studies have found that only about one-eighth of patients with infective endocarditis had experienced a dental procedure within the month prior to onset of symptoms. 13,14 Even in these cases, there was no proven association between the dental procedure and the disease.…”