Disease relevance of Dental Prophylaxis

• Reported is a case of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis which developed after dental prophylaxis with vancomycin and erythromycin [1].
• Neutropenia after single-dose clindamycin for dental prophylaxis [2].
• The twice yearly application to children's teeth of acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) gel in dental trays preceded by a professionally rendered 'dental prophylaxis' has become the standard and most commonly used dental chairside procedure for prevention of dental caries [3].
• After a thorough dental prophylaxis, the subjects were instructed to brush their teeth twice daily with either Prevent, Crest Tartar Control Formula (TCF), or Colgate TCF [4].

High impact information on Dental Prophylaxis

• The subjects then received a dental prophylaxis and were provided with dentifrice, toothbrushes, and either a mouthrinse containing 0.1% octenidine dihydrochloride as the active ingredient or a similar placebo mouthrinse [5].
• After a dental prophylaxis, the subjects were treated with a single application of a placebo varnish (group I), a fluoride varnish (group II), a chlorhexidine varnish (group III), or a fluoride-plus-chlorhexidine varnish (group IV) [6].
• Clindamycin, rather than amoxicillin, has since been used as dental prophylaxis for subsequent procedures [7].
• To induce stain, 222 healthy adult volunteers received a dental prophylaxis, and then began a limited brushing regimen supplemented by three-times daily rinsing with tea and once daily rinsing with 15 ml of 0.12% chlorhexidine [8].
• These data demonstrate the effectiveness of the new tartar control whitening dentifrice in preventing stain accumulation after dental prophylaxis compared to the marketed regular dentifrice control [9].

Anatomical context of Dental Prophylaxis

• The physiologic stress of various dental procedures (dental examination, dental prophylaxis, restoration, root canal therapy, and tooth extraction) was measured in 50 nonsmoking healthy men between the ages of 18 and 55 years (mean 34.6 years, range 21 to 53 years) with a salivary cortisol assay [10].

Associations of Dental Prophylaxis with chemical compounds

• Oral streptococci resistant to erythromycin after repetition of a regimen designed for dental prophylaxis [11].
• This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dental prophylaxis prior to the topical application of acidulated phosphate fluoride solution applied twice a year in schoolchildren [12].
• These latter participants were given a thorough dental prophylaxis, a sufficient supply of a sodium fluoride dentifrice and toothbrushes, and were instructed to use the dentrifrice as they normally do, at least once a day [13].
• Three triclosan-containing "multi-benefit" dentifrices were compared for clinical efficacy in reducing supragingival calculus formation following a dental prophylaxis [14].
• Results of this comparative, double-blind, clinical study show that fluoride dentifrice with 2.0% zinc chloride is effective in reducing calculus accumulation after a dental prophylaxis [15].

Gene context of Dental Prophylaxis

• A survey of general dentists in Ontario, Part II: Knowledge and use of topical fluoride and dental prophylaxis practices [16].

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