A nationwide survey of French dentists' knowledge and implementation of current guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis in patients with predisposing cardiac conditions

Objectives: To prevent infective endocarditis, antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended worldwide in patients with predisposing cardiac conditions, except in the United Kingdom. To conclude on the relevance of this strategy, how the current guidelines are applied is a crucial point to investigate. The first aim of this study was to assess dentists' implementation of the current guidelines. The secondary aims were to identify relevant areas to improve the training of dentists and to determine temporal trends in practitioners' attitudes by comparison with two previous surveys conducted in 1991 and 2001.

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