Observational studyMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2018
Antibiotic prophylaxis habits in dental implant surgery among dentists in Spain. A cross-sectional survey.
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- Antibiotic dosage prescribed in oral implant surgery: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional surveys.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Global prevalence and guideline adherence of antibiotic prescribing in dental implant surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Japanese dental science review · 2026Review
- Antibiotic prophylaxis during dental implant surgery treatment in northwest China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Use of antibiotic prophylaxis in conjunction with dental implant surgery in Sweden- A cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Observational
- Antibiotic prophylaxis in oral implant surgery in Germany: a cross-sectional study.International journal of implant dentistry · 2024Article
- Antibiotic prophylaxis dysregulates dental implant placement surgery-induced osteoimmune wound healing and attenuates the alveolar bone-implant interface in mice.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial Prescription Patterns among Oral Implantologists of Kerala, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2022Article
- Antibiotics to Prevent Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in Oral Surgery: Survey among Italian Dentists.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Preventive Antibiotic Prescribing Habits among Professionals Dedicated to Oral Implantology: An Observational Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Antibiotic prophylaxis during dental implant placement in the UK.British dental journal · 2020Article
- Antimicrobial Prescription Habits of Dentists Performing Dental Implant Treatments in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Prescription of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Dental Implant Surgery in Healthy Patients: A Systematic Review of Survey-Based Studies.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
- Antibiotic prophylaxis prescribing habits in oral implant surgery in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional survey.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- Antibiotic prophylaxis habits in oral implant surgery among dentists in Italy: a cross-sectional survey.BMC oral health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of antibiotics to prevent dental implant failures and postoperative infections remains a controversial issue. The objectives of this study were to assess the current antibiotic prescribing patterns and antibiotic prescribing frequency of dentists in Biscay (Spain) in conjunction with routine dental implant surgery among healthy patients and to determine whether any consensus has been reached by such practitioners and last published evidence was being followed. MATERIAL AND
methodsObservational cross-sectional study: electronic survey. This study was reported according to the STROBE guidelines. This anonymous questionnaire contained open-ended and close-ended questions. An email was sent 26 October 2017 to all the registered members of the Biscay dentists' College (n=989). The collected data were analyzed using STATA® 14 software, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to assess the frequency of prescription for each antibiotic regimen.
resultsThe survey was responded to by a total of 233 participants (response rate=23.56%). Overall, 210 participants finished the survey completely, and 23 surveys were answered partially. The questionnaire was responded to by 122 females (58.1%) and 88 males (41.9%). Of the participants, 88% (n=207) always routinely prescribed prophylactic antibiotics in conjunction with dental implant surgery (95% CI: 84.79-92.88%). Approximately 9% (n=22) prescribed antibiotics sometimes (95% CI: 5.68-13.19%), and only 4 dentists (1.72%) never prescribed antibiotics (95% CI: 0.04-3.38%). Overall, 179 of 233 respondents prescribed both pre- and postoperative antibiotics (78.85%, 95% CI: 72.96-83.97%), 13 prescribed antibiotics only preoperatively (5.73%, 95% CI: 3.08-9.59%), and 35 prescribed antibiotics exclusively after routine dental implant surgery (15.42%, 95% CI: 10.98-20.78%).
conclusionsMost of the dentists working in Biscay routinely prescribe prophylactic antibiotics in conjunction with dental implant surgery among healthy patients. A large range of prophylactic regimens are prescribed and the most recently published evidence is not being followed.
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