If you have heart disease, you need special consideration when you get dental treatment. Physicians and dentists know this, but this may be news to you, and that's why this booklet was written.
As someone with heart disease, you have three responsibilities.

First, you need to establish and maintain a healthy mouth. This means practicing good oral hygiene and visiting your dentist regularly.

Second, you need to make sure your dentist knows you have a heart problem.

Finally, you must carefully follow your physician's and dentist's instructions when they prescribe special medications such as antibiotics.