Impact of Preoperative Dental Screening in Reducing Infective Endocarditis Risk in Surgical Valve Replacement Patients

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Conditions studied: Surgical Valve Replacement, Dental, Endocarditis

In brief

In Odense University Hospital preoperative dental screening (PDS) protocol for patients treated with surgical valve replacement was changed from mandatory to targeted PDS to from march 2024. The investigators will therefore compare the risk of IE before vs after march 2024.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06403839

Run by

Odense University Hospital

People needed

1000

Starts

2020-01-01

Expected to finish

2028-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing surgical valve replacement

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Odense University Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Department — Odense, Denmark (enrolling)

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