Richard G Mears

General Dental Practitioner, Combe Road Dental Practice, 6 Combe Road, Portishead, BS20 6BJ and Clinical Teaching Fellow, Restorative Dentistry, Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, BS1 2LY, Bristol, UK

Oral hygiene as a risk factor in infective endocarditis

The reported associations between oral and systemic conditions are numerous and include the following diseases: heart disease,6 ventilator-associated pneumonia,7 adverse pregnancy outcome,8 diabetes...