Improved Oral Health and Dental Care in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Inclusion Criteria

• •Age \< 12 months and prostethic cardiac valve or patient likely to undergo valve surgery using foreign material including homograft (potentially included in the criteria of endocarditis prophylaxis)
• •Age \< 12 months and unrepaired cyanotic CHD including palliative shunts and conduits
• •Age \< 12 months and repaired CHD with residual defects at the site or adjacent to the site of the prosthetic patch or device which inhibits endothelialization
• •Age \< 12 months and cardiac transplantation recipient or listed for transplantation (potentially included in the criteria of endocarditis prophylaxis)
• •Age \< 12 months and cardiomyopathy (potential cardiac transplantation recipient)
• •Age \< 12 months and chromosomal abnormality or syndrome and any invasive intevention (surgery or cath) for CHD or likely to require invasive intervention for CHD