The American Dental Association (ADA) website has the current requirements from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Heart Association (AHA), regarding antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental treatment for patients that may be predisposed to infective endocarditis due to heart conditions or who have had total joint replacement.
Below I have briefly listed premedication requirements for dental treatment taken from the American Dental Association along with their direct link:
The American Heart Association (AHA) states that preventive antibiotics prior to a dental procedure are advised for patients with:
1. artificial heart valves
2. a history of infective endocarditis
3. certain specific, serious congenital (present from birth) heart conditions, including
- unrepaired or incompletely repaired cyanotic congenital heart disease, including those with palliative shunts and conduits
- a completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic material or device, whether placed by surgery or by catheter intervention, during the first six months after the procedure
- any repaired congenital heart defect with residual defect at the site or adjacent to the site of a prosthetic patch or a prosthetic device
4. a cardiac transplant that develops a problem in a heart valve.
www.ada.org/public/topics/antibiotics.asp
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons(AAOS) states that preventive antibiotics prior to a dental procedure are advised for patients with:
- total joint replacement
09:27:16 | 
