Bacterium, fungus team up to cause early childhood caries

2014-03-12

Early childhood caries (ECC) may result from a nefarious partnership between a bacterium and a fungus, according to a new study in the journal Infection

Uncertainty Remains about Effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Bacterial Endocarditis

2014-03-10

Body A 2013 Cochrane Review1 found there is little scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients at risk of developing bacterial

Bacteria in 1,000-year-old plaque similar to current oral bacteria

2014-02-24

An international team of experts has discovered disease-causing bacteria in a German Medieval population that are the same or very similar to inflammatory disease-causing bacteria

How Do I Manage a Patient with an Extensive Odontogenic Infection?

2014-01-21

Body Extensive Odontogenic Infection Patients will be lethargic, in severe pain, have difficulty speaking or swallowing. Trismus is present most of the time. Presentation

Update your knowledge and keep patients safe from hep C

2014-01-01

The new year has arrived, and it could provide an opportunity to reinvigorate your practice’s infection-control measures. The serious consequences that can result from lapses

OSAP offers infection-control boot camp

2013-12-04

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is offering the CORE Infection Control Boot Camp in Tampa, FL, from January 6-8, 2014. With infection-control

Doxycycline, tetracycline shortage eases

2013-11-21

Dentistry has been grappling with shortages of the antibiotics doxycycline and tetracycline, but both have become available again. Tetracycline capsules went back on the market

ADA offers antibiotics brochure

2013-11-17

The ADA is selling a patient education brochure to clarify who should take antibiotics before dental treatment and who should not. The longtime standard has

Infection-control safeguards are key for dental practices

2013-11-10

The importance of maintaining adequate safeguards for infection control was the topic of a session at ADA 2013 in New Orleans. Recent infection-control breaches have

Oral bacteria create ethnic ‘fingerprint’

2013-10-23

The bacteria in the human mouth — especially those under the gums — are as powerful as a fingerprint at identifying a person’s ethnicity, according

MRSA Infection Control: Comparing Three Methods

2013-10-22

Body According to a study1 in the American Journal of Infection Control, traditional detergent-based cleaning is an effective method to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Okla. infection control probe will take months

2013-10-10

The investigation of the infection control lapses at the Oklahoma practices of oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington, DMD, could extend well into 2014 and end