There has been some discussions on for how long should you use antibiotics before dental work. I asked my OS about this as in the preop classes they said forever and my dentist goes for a year based on current guidelines.
The OS said it really is an issue of risk management. The thinking of just a year or 2 of antibiotics is to avoid the possibility of developing a major drug allergy to the "cillins" which are a pretty common group of antibiotics. They are also thinking a bit about drug resistance. My OS said that since you are talking about 1 dose the possiblity of these events is extremely low. You then have to weight this against the 1 in 1000 possibility of an infection in the joint. Though those are low odds, the outcome of a joint infection is much more severe than a drug allergy.
He said that for him and his patients life time use of antibiotics before dental surgery or any other invasive procedure is the better choice.
Simon
The OS said it really is an issue of risk management. The thinking of just a year or 2 of antibiotics is to avoid the possibility of developing a major drug allergy to the "cillins" which are a pretty common group of antibiotics. They are also thinking a bit about drug resistance. My OS said that since you are talking about 1 dose the possiblity of these events is extremely low. You then have to weight this against the 1 in 1000 possibility of an infection in the joint. Though those are low odds, the outcome of a joint infection is much more severe than a drug allergy.
He said that for him and his patients life time use of antibiotics before dental surgery or any other invasive procedure is the better choice.
Simon