Emergency dental treatment can be provided in consultation with the patient’s physician. If treatment is required during these first 3 months, antibiotic prophylaxis should be administered. Emergency dental treatment should be completed only after consultation with the patient’s cardiologist.
In the stable post-transplantation period (usually after 3 months, but the timing is determined in consultation with the physician), heart transplant patients can receive elective dental treatment.
The use of prophylactic antibiotics during this period is determined on an individual basis based on the patient’s level of immunosuppression, whether he or she has shown evidence of rejection, and other factors.
Source: Dental Secrets, Elsevier, 2015