TY - JOUR T1 - A change in the NICE guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 460 LP - 461 DO - 10.3399/bjgp16X686749 VL - 66 IS - 650 AU - Martin H Thornhill AU - John B Chambers AU - Mark Dayer AU - David Shanson Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/66/650/460.3.abstract N2 - We would like to add an important footnote to the article on dental problems by Renton and Wilson in the August BJGP.1 You’d be forgiven for missing it, because it was announced without fanfare, but the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has added the word ‘routinely’2 to Recommendation 1.1.3: ‘Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis is not recommended routinely for people undergoing dental procedures’ [authors’ emphasis].This change occurred after a patient with a replacement aortic valve died from infective endocarditis (IE) developing after unprotected descaling, and followed approaches … ER -