ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2019
Successful Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program in an Academic Dental Practice.
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- A Systematic Review of Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of Systemic Amoxicillin-Metronidazole in Periodontitis Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Dose optimization of β-lactams antibiotics in pediatrics and adults: A systematic review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Evidence-based clinical practice guideline on antibiotic use for the urgent management of pulpal- and periapical-related dental pain and intraoral swelling: A report from the American Dental Association.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2019Guideline
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- Optimal Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Space Infections in the Maxillofacial Region: A Systematic Review.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2025Review
- Knowledge and perception of antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures among Nepali dental students: a questionnaire-based study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Outpatient antibiotic prescribing by general dentists in the United States from 2018 through 2022.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2025Article
- Dentists' Awareness of Antibiotic Stewardship and Their Willingness to Support Its Implementation: A Cross-Sectional Survey in a Dental School.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Insights Into Antimicrobial Resistance From Dental Students in the Asia-Pacific Region.International dental journal · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic prescribing practices and antimicrobial stewardship in South Africa: a scoping review.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Review
- Evaluation of outpatient clindamycin prescriptions across a large military healthcare network.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- Systematic Review Protocol on Antibiotic Use for infection related Orofacial Pain: Policy and Practice Implications.F1000Research · 2025Article
- The effect of antibiotic premedication on postoperative complications following dental extractions.Journal of public health dentistry · 2024Article
- Towards Wiser Prescribing of Antibiotics in Dental Practice: What Pharmacists Want Dentists to Know.Dentistry journal · 2024Review
- The potential use of bacteriophages as antibacterial agents in dental infection.Virology journal · 2024Review
- Research agenda for antibiotic stewardship within the Veterans' Health Administration, 2024-2028.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost antibiotic use in the United States occurs in the outpatient setting, and 10% of these prescriptions are generated by dentists. The development of comprehensive antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) in the dental setting is nascent, and therefore we describe the implementation of a dental ASP.
methodsA collaborative team of dentist, pharmacist, and physician leaders conducted a baseline needs assessment and literature evaluation to identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing by dentists within Illinois' largest oral health care provider for Medicaid recipients. A multimodal intervention was implemented that included patient and provider education, clinical guideline development, and an assessment of the antibiotic prescribing rate per urgent care visit before and after the educational interventions.
resultsWe identified multiple needs, including standardization of antibiotic prescribing practices for patients with acute oral infections in the urgent care clinics. A 72.9% decrease in antibiotic prescribing was observed in urgent care visits after implementation of our multimodal intervention (preintervention urgent care prescribing rate, 8.5% [24/283]; postintervention, 2.3% [8/352];
conclusionsWe report the successful implementation of a dental ASP that is concordant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship in the Outpatient Setting. Our approach may be adapted to other dental practices to improve antibiotic prescribing.
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