ReviewBritish dental journal2015
Dentists, antibiotics and Clostridium difficile-associated disease.
Review in British dental journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Pulpitis in Pediatric Dentistry: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Apical Periodontitis and Acute Periapical Abscess in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Oral antibiotic prescribing by NHS dentists in England 2010-2017.British dental journal · 2019Article
- Enhanced efficacy of chemically modified curcumin in experimental periodontitis: systemic implications.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2019Article
- Antibiotic prescribing by general dentists in the United States, 2013.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2017Article
- Antimicrobial prescribing by dentists in Wales, UK: findings of the first cycle of a clinical audit.British dental journal · 2016Article
- Antimicrobial resistance: Antibiotics and consultant oral microbiologist posts.British dental journal · 2016Article
- Prescribing: Congratulations.British dental journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
Dentists prescribe significant volumes of antimicrobial drugs within primary care settings. There is good evidence that many of the prescriptions are not justified by current clinical guidance and that that there is considerable misuse of these drugs in dentistry. One of the risks associated with antibiotic administration is Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), an entity of which many healthcare workers, including dentists, have little knowledge or understanding. This review seeks to identify the extent and nature of the problem and provides an up to date summary of current views on CDAD, with particular reference to community acquired disease. As for all healthcare workers, scrupulous attention to standard infection control procedures and reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing are essential to reduce the risks of CDAD, prevent emergence of further resistant strains of microorganisms and maintain the value of the arsenal of antibiotics currently available to us.
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