This short consult is presented by Dr. Eric Stoopler, DMD; Dr. Arthur Kuperstein, DDS; and Dr. Thomas Sollecito, DMD Peer-reviewed content that appeared in the JCDA OASIS “point of care” searchable database at www.jcdaoasis.ca and in the sixth edition of the print JCDA. Primary and recurrent infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2) can cause oral and/or genital […]
From Dr. Cesare Ciavarro, Coronation Dental Specialty Group Dental patients often present while being treated with different forms of anticoagulation therapy, among which Aspirin remains one of the most commonly encountered drugs. Aspirin, or Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA), works as a cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, thereby blocking prostaglandin and thromboxane production and ultimately preventing platelets from aggregating (1, 2). […]
(Content under development) The following question was submitted by a practising dentist: What is the most effective antibiotic therapy for an acute odontogenic infection? If you ask the oral surgeons they say doxycycline , when you ask the infectious disease specialists they say amoxicillin. In the literature some papers state clindamycin and then others the […]