Current prescribing Practices for Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Survey of Dental Practitioners.

Aim: Antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines have been developed for health care and dentistry. The authors examined whether dentists were following the 2007 American Heart Association (AHA) and the 2012 American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis.

Materials And Methods: A survey was sent to 600 dentists in the south-central region of the United States.