Antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry: Part I. A qualitative study of professionals' views on the NICE guideline

British Dental Journal

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Soheilipour, S ^a,b   Scambler, S ^a   Dickinson, C ^b   Dunne, S M ^d   Burke, M ^c   Jabbarifar, S E ^b   Newton, J T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 79960232998     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.524     Document Type: Article

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