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Antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures: current practise amongst South Africa dentists

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Dentistry / Guidelines regarding the prevention of infective endocarditis have been published by the American
Heart Association (AHA) in 2007 and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence,
UK, (NICE) in 2008. These are contradictory, even though both are from developed countries. It is
not known whether they are suitable for developing countries such as South Africa, nor is it known
whether they are followed by general dental practitioners. The aim of the study was therefore to
conduct a survey amongst dental practitioners in South Africa to determine knowledge of the
guidelines and practises followed in antibiotic prophylaxis.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/13762
Date17 February 2014
CreatorsHuang, Wei-Hsuan
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf

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