Gum Disease Treatment - Dentists prescribe antibiotics for a certain heart patients

Dentists Prescribe Antibiotics for A Certain Heart Patients.
By Dr. George Meining,D.D.S.,

Harold Hawkins, D.D.S.
It is of much interest that numbers of dental researchers, using
entirely different biochemical approaches, have demonstrated the
importance of the calcium-phosphorus balance, not only to the
development of dental diseases but to that of most other illnesses
as well.

In his book, Applied Nutrition, Harold Hawkins, D.D.S., showed in
studies of saliva,urine and feces that Dr. Price was correct when
he declared dental infections reduce the alkalinity of the blood
and produce acidosis. Dr. Hawkins, like Dr. Price, also found that
people who had a marked tendency to tooth decay had calcium levels
of the saliva and blood which were below normal.

In the case of periodontal disease, Drs. Hawkins and Price seem, on
the surface, to be in disagreement with each other. With those not
acquainted with the work of both of these men, it must be kept in
mind the studies by Dr. Hawkins’ were performed on saliva, urine and
feces, while those of Dr. Price were on blood. In addition, Dr. Price’s
determinations were based on the amount of ionic calcium present, a
figure which can be quite different from that of the total calcium in
the blood and the saliva.

The loss of bone around teeth having pyorrhea would automatically lead
one to believe a low calcium condition was present, but Dr. Price
found such causes had high amounts of ionic calcium. Hawkins, on the
other hand, found most people with periodontal disease had low amounts
of calcium in their saliva and high phosphorus. Less commonly, he found
some cases had low calcium/low phosphorus balances. Very occasionally
he found a third type which had high calcium and low phosphorus readings
in their saliva.

In reviewing the considerable amount of research which has taken place
in the field of endodontia, scientific literature contains many reports
which substantiate the Price studies. A few will be included now, as
their data will further help to dispel any notion Dr. Price’s disclosures
in 1923 were not true discoveries.

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Max Winslow, D.D.S., and Samuel H. Millstone, B.S.,D.D.S.
This first report comes from the Dental Division of the Sinai
Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, by Drs. Winslow and Missstone
published in the Journal of Periodontal Research, September and
October 1965. It concerns the bacteremia which occurs in all
people after routine prolphylaxis (tooth cleaning) by their
dentists or hygienists. It has been well-established that any
dental procedures accompanied by bleeding allow bacteria
present in the mouth into the bloodstream.

Such bacteremias are usually of short duration and are of no
threat to the patient. However, those who have had rheumatic
heart disease or other heart problems are at more risk of
attracting these bacteria to their deformed or damaged heart
valves. The doctors reported about 20 percent of people with
heart problems who have dental procedures develop bacterial
endocarditis within several weeks of their prophylaxis
appointment. As mentioned in an earlier chapter, the American
Heart Association and medical profession require that dentists
prescribe antibiotics for certain heart patients both before
and after any dental treatment to prevent the occurrence of
such focal infections.

It was also pointed out the routine use of antibiotics as
standard practice has resulted in the development of resistant
strains of bacteria, not to mention the side effects the drugs
produce. Dr. Price’s finding that bacteria remaining in root
filled teeth became very resistant to disinfectants and even
more virulent was laughed at. And what is worse is that he
was accused of fabricating his data.

Drs. Winslow and Millstone also tested the use of topical iodine
germicides and reported there was a significant reduction in
bacteremia when germicides were applied to gums and teeth before
dental treatment. Further studies by others of the use of
preoperative medicaments will be covered in the reports which
follow.

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