ReviewFrontiers in oral health2026
The role of dental assessment in source identification during
Review in Frontiers in oral health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Objectives: Methods: A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Population-Concept-Context framework and guided by PRISMA-ScR. PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science were searched for terms related to Results: Twenty-seven sources were included. Direct evidence mainly consisted of case reports describing severe MRSA or MSSA infections in which dental, oral, or orofacial foci were considered possible or probable sources. Endocarditis-related studies provided contextual evidence on dental procedures, oral screening, and dental status, but were rarely Conclusions: Current evidence does not support routine dental assessment for source identification in all patients with SAB. However, targeted dental evaluation may be clinically justified in selected situations, including persistent or unexplained bacteremia, suspected infective endocarditis, severe oral symptoms, odontogenic infection, salivary-gland infection, immunosuppression, or planned cardiac intervention. Future studies should use standardized dental assessment protocols and microbiological comparison of oral and bloodstream isolates to distinguish incidental oral pathology from true source attribution.
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