Question 594 · LDEK · Anesthesia and pharmacology in conservative dentistry
Which procedures do not require preventive use of antibiotics?
1) placement of a fixed appliance in an asthma patient;
2) removal of sutures in a patient with a history of an infective endocarditis episode;
3) extraction of tooth 11 in an immunocompetent patient;
4) delivery of local anesthesia following pulp extirpation in a patient with a congenital heart disease.
The correct answer is:
2) removal of sutures in a patient with a history of an infective endocarditis episode;
3) extraction of tooth 11 in an immunocompetent patient;
4) delivery of local anesthesia following pulp extirpation in a patient with a congenital heart disease.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 2,3.
- C. 3,4.
- D. 1,3.
- E. 2,4.
Hint
Prophylaxis applies only to high-risk cardiac patients undergoing manipulation of gingiva or periapical tissues; check each case for both conditions.
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