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ReviewInternational dental journal2015

Antibiotics in dental practice: how justified are we.

Sukhvinder S Oberoi, Chandan Dhingra, Gaurav Sharma, Divesh Sardana

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Review in International dental journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06164509 (Healing Potentiality of Different Doses of Trypsin and Alpha Chemo Trypsin in Mandibular Molars With Chronic Apical Abscess), which is not on this map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06164509 phase4unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Healing Potentiality of Different Doses of Trypsin and Alpha Chemo Trypsin in Mandibular Molars With Chronic Apical Abscess

TypeinterventionalSponsorAin Shams UniversityRan2023 to 2025Enrolled45ConditionsMandibular AbscessArmsAlphintern® , tablet, Amoun, Egypt
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sukhvinder S OberoiDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Sudha College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, India.
Chandan Dhingra
Gaurav Sharma
Divesh Sardana
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotics are prescribed by dentists in dental practice, during dental treatment as well as for prevention of infection. Indications for the use of systemic antibiotics in dentistry are limited because most dental and periodontal diseases are best managed by operative intervention and oral hygiene measures. The use of antibiotics in dental practice is characterised by empirical prescription based on clinical and bacteriological epidemiological factors, resulting in the use of a very narrow range of broad-spectrum antibiotics for short periods of time. This has led to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in a wide range of microbes and to the consequent inefficacy of commonly used antibiotics. Dentists can make a difference by the judicious use of antimicrobials--prescribing the correct drug, at the standard dosage and appropriate regimen--only when systemic spread of infection is evident. The increasing resistance problems of recent years are probably related to the over- or misuse of broad-spectrum agents. There is a clear need for the development of prescribing guidelines and educational initiatives to encourage the rational and appropriate use of drugs in dentistry. This paper highlights the need for dentists to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in an attempt to curb the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance and other side effects of antibiotic abuse. The literature provides evidence of inadequate prescribing practices by dentists for a number of factors, ranging from inadequate knowledge to social factors.

Indexed as

Dental CareAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibiotic ProphylaxisContraindicationsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansInappropriate PrescribingPractice Guidelines as TopicAnti-Bacterial AgentsDental practiceoral hygieneperiodontal disease

Identifiers

PMID25510967
PMCPMC9376535
OpenAlexW2126581459

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