Infective endocarditis and the dental practitioner: A review of 53 cases involving litigation

British Dental Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 465-468

  Martin, M V ^a   Butterworth, M L ^b   Longman, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Protection Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR SURGERY; MOUTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTAL SCALING; DENTISTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENICILLINS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0031589313     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809414     Document Type: Review

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