[Chemoprophylaxis of endocarditis in dental practice].
The mortality of patients with bacterial endocarditis is still high in spite of great progress made in cardiac surgery. Dental diseases and their treatment are discussed as a cause for endocarditis induced by Streptococcus viridanz. Thus the dentist plays an important role in the prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis in cardiac risk patients.
Knoll-Khler
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D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
Endokarditis-Chemoprophylaxe in der zahnärztlichen Praxis.