title: [Antibiotic prophylaxis before dental procedures in arthroplasty patients].
abstract: Antibiotic prophylaxis is commonly prescribed to patients with total arthroplasties before a dental intervention. This attitude is not evidence-based for several reasons: 1) the usual pathogens of prosthetic joint infections are not of oral origin; 2) even if given, systemic antibiotic do not completely suppress the occult bacteraemia occurring during dental intervention and 3) humans may have up to twelve episodes of occult bacteraemia of dental origin per day. Routine antibiotic prophylaxis should be clearly distinguished from the antibiotic treatment required in case of established oral cavity infection. A constant optimal oral and dental hygiene is more important in terms of prevention and should be routinely recommended to every patient carrying a joint arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur, Département de chirurgie, HUG et Faculté de medecine, Genève. ilker.uckay@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uçkay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoffmeyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trampuz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Borens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scolozzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement; D003729:Dental Care; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*