fact checking

There is an interesting editorial in the July 2012 Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol titled Accuracy, fact checking, and wiki-timelines by Craig S. Miller (vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 1-3). In the article Craig makes a mention of an article in the Wall Street Journal titled If Your Teeth Could Talk . . .. Craig points out numerous details of the article that are inaccurate. He states that the following statement “…American Heart Association, the American Medical Association and the American Orthopedic Association all urge people who have had a full joint replacement to take an antibiotic one hour before any dental visit for the rest of their lives to reduce the risk of post-surgical infections.” is inaccurate on 6 accounts. The American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Orthopedic Association do not have … Read more