BACTEREMIA IN ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Dental infections are often reported in Pakistan. Dental diseases include caries and periodontal diseases caused by microorganisms which are part of normal flora. Dental procedures like tooth extraction, endodontic treatment, periodontal surgery and scaling cause significant bleeding resulting in bacteremia. Antibiotic resistant bacteria on tooth surface have the ability to produce biofilm which can increase the incidence of bacteremia. This book will give an insight aboit the types of bacteria involved in bacteremia and the effect of biofilm in antibiotic resistance. This book is beneficial for students, researcher, dentists, patients and community as it will give them knowledge about dental diseases and bacteremia associated with oral surgical procedures

Autorentext

Dr Shazia Akbar BDS. Liaquat university of Medical $ Health Sciences Jamshoro M.Phil in Microbiology supervised by Prof. Dr Rakhshanda Baqai University Of Karachi. She has submitted two papers for publications and four oral presentations She is working as Assist. Professor in Fatima Jinnah Dental College and recently busy in research projects