Biomedical subjects

I D Saunders

Publications and source records attributed to I D Saunders.

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PubMed1991

Analysis of an emergency dental service provided at a children's hospital.

An analysis was undertaken of the evening, weekend and public-holiday emergency dental service provided at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children during one calender year (1987). Dental emergencies accounted for 4% of all attendances during these periods at the Accident & Emergency Department. Toothache, with or without abscess, was the most frequent dental complaint (49%) and abscesses were most frequently associated with primary first molars. Acute trauma was the second most frequent dental complaint (39%) and traumatic injuries were most commonly caused by falls and bicycle accidents. Tooth displacement was was the most common dental injury of primary and permanent teeth. Complaints other than toothache, abscess or traumatic injury accounted for only 12% of dental emergencies.

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PubMed1990

Bacteremia in children following dental extraction.

The incidence and intensity of bacteremia following tooth extraction in children were measured by blood culture. The effects on bacteremia of the number and type of teeth extracted, oral hygiene, gingival health, presence of abscess, and antibiotic prophylaxis were assessed. Antibiotic prophylaxis reduced the incidence of bacteremia from 63% to 35%. The intensity of bacteremia was 2 cfu/mL of blood or less in 80% of the children. An agar pour-plate method of blood culture was significantly more effective than broth in culturing the small volumes of inoculum. Of 83 bacterial strains characterized, 39 were strict anaerobes or micro-aerophilic, and the remainder mainly streptococci. S. mitior and S. sanguis were most commonly isolated, often in pure culture, and were generally sensitive to antibiotics. No direct association was demonstrated between the plaque and gingival indices and incidence of bacteremia or between the number of teeth extracted and the incidence or intensity of bacteremia. It is concluded that all children at risk from infective endocarditis require antibiotic prophylaxis prior to tooth extraction, since it is impossible for the likelihood or intensity of transient bacteremia to be clinically predicted.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1989