Background Dental porcelain has found an increased number of applications in recent years
with the development of new methods for the construction of porcelain veneers and …

Whether antibiotic prophylaxis can prevent bacterial endocarditis is hotly debated. In an
attempt to settle this issue, we have assessed the efficacy of prophylaxis for bacterial …

Congenital cardiac disease (CCD) is one of the most common developmental anomalies in
children. Affected children require special care in dentistry because of their susceptibility to …

Although the latest (1990) American Heart Association recommendations for the prevention
of bacterial endocarditis are by far the simplest yet, many physicians and dentists still do not …

This investigation assessed the incidence of bacteremia after orthodontic banding. Thiry
adult volunteers with good oral health, who were not at risk from bacterial endocarditis, were …

Streptococcus mutans, a commensal of the human oral cavity, can survive in the
bloodstream and cause infective endocarditis (IE). However, the virulence factors associated …

We used an isogenic mutant of Streptococcus mutans V403, which differs from the wild‐type
V403 in genes involved in glucan and fructan production, to examine the importance of …

Platelet aggregation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis
induced by viridans streptococci or staphylococci. Aggregation induced in vitro involves …

Production of proinflammatory cytokines is implicated in the pathogenesis of viridans
streptococcus-induced α-streptococcal shock syndrome and infective endocarditis …

Las infecciones bucales, por lo general, presentan un comportamiento autolimitante, pero
algunas veces pueden ocasionar daño en otras regiones del organismo. Recientemente …