Re: why may the antibiotic be needed???/

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thank you for the explanation, .........BARB

Re: replacement - now antibiotics after

dental work . . .

said the following on 27/08/2010 03:43:

> Yes I have to. In fact I just went in for my 1 year check up

> and I asked how long I have to take the antibiotics for my teeth and

> my doctor told me forever. I will always need to take them when I

> get my teeth worked on.

Hi all:

I find it quite interesting that this thread has come up at this time.

Just this last Monday I went for my first dental appointment since my Bi

Hip replacement 17 months ago. I informed the dentist of my hip

replacements, and in the event needed 1 filling and a 'clean & polish'.

This was all done with no mention of antibiotics, so before leaving I

queried the situation. The dentist told me that the general consensus,

now, is that it is more problematic to give antibiotics than not to:

problems with people's reactions to them, and the matter of giving the

bugs too much opportunity to develop resistance to the drugs. The

dentist went on to say that with fillings, and clean/polish, there will

be no more bacteria (and possibly less) entering the blood stream than

when cleaning your own teeth (sounds logical), and the automatic giving

of antibiotics was just a precautionary measure anyway - now believed to

be a total 'overkill'. Further, she said that they would only consider

giving antibiotics in the case of an extraction, but even then they

would contact the OS to see if he felt it was really necessary.

It seems that they don't want to give AB at all unless they really have to.

So there we are. I had a filling & Clean/Polish - with no antibiotics!

(Sort of . . . good news, I think - you feel less 'tied' to something).

Regards,

Mick.

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