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Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines Many people take an antibiotic before having any type of dental treatment. The purpose of this is to help prevent a serious infection that may occur with dental or other minor surgical treatment. Some of the most common reasons that your doctor may prescribe antibiotics before dental or other surgery includes: mitrial valve prolapse (a weakening of one of the valves in your heart), certain types of artificial implants (such as a mechanical heart valve or other types of surgical
In 1955, the American Heart Association (AHA) first recommended that patients with certain heart conditions -- including artificial, leaking, or thickened heart valves -- take antibiotics before dental work or other procedures in the mouth or intestinal tract where bleeding is likely.y heart doctor recommended that I take antibiotics whenever I have dental work, so I always take the antibiotics as prescribed by my dentist, says Collett, a real estate manager from Tampa, Fla. Like many Americans, he needs to take antibiotics before having dental work to prevent a potentially fatal heart infection.