The effect of treated apical periodontitis before heart valve surgery on C-reactive protein levels.

Objective: Dental infections produce significant increases in systemic inflammatory responses manifested by cytokines and acute-phase reactants. This study evaluated the postoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels according to patients having teeth treated or not treated for apical periodontitis (AP) before heart valve surgery.

Materials And Methods: Preoperative, postoperative third- and fifth-day CRP levels, and the previous dental data of 91 patients were investigated.

Evaluation of different root canal filling techniques in severely curved canals by micro-computed tomography.

Aim: To fill the severely curved root canals with different filling techniques and to compare these techniques using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT).

Materials And Methods: Sixty extracted mandibular first molars (degree of root canal curvature >25°) were selected. All samples were divided into four groups and filled with one of the following techniques: lateral condensation, single-cone, continuous-wave obturation, and core carrier.

Cardiologists' and cardiovascular surgeons' attitudes toward managing endodontic infections and oral health in patients with cardiovascular diseases.

: A relationship between dentists and medical doctors should be encouraged to reduce cardiovascular risk in cardiac patients with dental infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons (cardiac specialists) toward managing endodontic infections and oral health in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).: A survey of 16 questions assessing knowledge of endodontic infection, dental examination, timing of endodontic treatment, and antibiotic prophylaxis was sent to cardiac specialists in Turkey.