Frequent Dental Scaling Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Periprosthetic Infection following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Nationwide Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study

• Ta-Wei Tai,

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Tzu-Chieh Lin,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chia-Jung Ho,

  Affiliation Joy Dental Clinic, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yea-Huei Kao Yang,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chyun-Yu Yang

  * E-mail: cyyang@mail.ncku.edu.tw

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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