Editing Infective endocarditis (section)

====Dental operations====
One in eight cases of infective endocarditis is thought to be caused by S. viridans infection associated with dental procedures such as cleaning or tooth [[Extraction (dental)|extraction]]<ref name="Bagg_2006" />{{Obsolete source|reason=|date=March 2024}}. This was thought to be more clinically significant than it is{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}. However, it is important that a dentist or a dental hygienist be told of any heart problems before commencing treatment. Prophylactic [[antibiotics]] were regularly administered to patients with certain heart conditions as a precaution, although this practice has changed in the US, with new American Heart Association [[Dental antibiotic prophylaxis|guidelines]] released in 2007,<ref name="AHA_2007">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wilson W, Taubert KA, Gewitz M, Lockhart PB, Baddour LM, Levison M, Bolger A, Cabell CH, Takahashi M, Baltimore RS, Newburger JW, Strom BL, Tani LY, Gerber M, Bonow RO, Pallasch T, Shulman ST, Rowley AH, Burns JC, Ferrieri P, Gardner T, Goff D, Durack DT | display-authors = 6 | title = Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American Heart Association: a guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group | journal = Circulation | volume = 116 | issue = 15 | pages = 1736–54 | date = October 2007 | pmid = 17446442 | doi = 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.183095 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and in the UK as of March 2008 due to new [[National Institute for Health and Care Excellence|NICE]] guidelines.