ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2019
Attitudes of dental implantologists in Spain to prescribing antibiotics, analgesics and anti-inflammatories in healthy patients.
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- Antibiotic dosage prescribed in oral implant surgery: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional surveys.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Evaluation of local and systemic photobiomodulation in only single-implant insertion: a randomized clinical trial.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2025Trial
- 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
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prescribing Practices for Dental Implant Placement in Croatia: A Questionnaire-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Consensus Report on Preventive Antibiotic Therapy in Dental Implant Procedures: Summary of Recommendations from the Spanish Society of Implants.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Preventive Antibiotic Prescribing Habits among Professionals Dedicated to Oral Implantology: An Observational Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- 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
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Abstract
backgroundThe implantologists frequently prescribe antibiotics, analgesics and anti-inflammatories in dental implant surgery. The aims of this study were to evaluate the attitudes of implantologists in Murcia (Spain) to prescribing antibiotics, analgesics and anti-inflammatories in healthy patients during different implant dentistry procedures, and to see how these are influenced by individual dentist's academic level, professional experience, and ongoing training (attending courses or reading scientific literature on medication use). MATERIALS AND
methodsThis cross-sectional study included a total of 200 implantologists from the Murcia area (Spain), who each completed a two-page questionnaire consisting of 26 questions.
resultsThe implant procedure in which most dentists (n=97) prescribed antibiotics was multiple implant surgery with flap raising, in which 55.6% of these 97 respondents used a prophylactic antibiotic regime for 7 days after implant placement. All subjects (n=200) prescribed analgesics for eight out of the eleven procedures included in the survey and anti-inflammatories in six. Dentists with higher academic levels or longer professional experience prescribed more antibiotics, but those who underwent continuous training (attending courses or reading scientific literature) reduced antibiotic prescription.
conclusionsDentists often prescribed antibiotics, analgesics and anti-inflammatories in almost all implant procedures in healthy patients, but ongoing training reduced the frequency of antibiotic prescription in some procedures.
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