Abstract

MERINO MORRAS, Elizabeth. Profilaxis de la Endocarditis Infecciosa en la Consulta Odontológica. Normas Actuales de la Asociación Americana del Corazón. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2002, vol.40, n.3, pp.301-304. ISSN 0001-6365.

It is of upmost importance on the part of the dentist to be aware of any sistemic condition or disease that the patient might have before proceding with any dental work. The dentist must take preventive measures and design treatment specific to each case, to avoid risk to the patient that could cause acute complicatios, wich in the most extreme cases, could result in the patient death.   Various dental procedures produce transitory bacteraemia in 50% of all patients.  It is though that these bacteraemia are the starting point for infection in people suffering from diseases such as diabetes, leukemia, cardiopathy. For this reason, antibiotics are prescribed for patients with these diseases as a preventive measure.   The purpose of the following overview is to present the most recent guidelines proposed by the American Heart Association (AHA), as well as to create an awarness among those in the dental profession as to danger s involved when treating patients with special medical problems.

Keywords : Bacteriemia; Endocarditis Infecciosa; Profilaxis; Antibióticos.