ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2020
Inappropriate Dental Antibiotic Prescriptions: Potential Driver of the Antimicrobial Resistance in Albaha Region, Saudi Arabia.
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- Evaluation of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and management through pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a meta-analysis of evidence.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2022Pooled it
- From burden to action: Saudi Arabia's strategy on antimicrobial resistance.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Review
- From prescription to resistance: integrating one health perspectives into dental antibiotic stewardship in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
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- Mapping Worldwide Antibiotic Use in Dental Practices: A Scoping Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antibiotic Over-Prescription by Dentists in the Treatment of Apical Periodontitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Dentists' attitudes and prescription practices for analgesics and antibiotics in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.Journal of medicine and life · 2023Article
- Antibiotics in Dentistry: A Narrative Review of the Evidence beyond the Myth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the Ministry of Health restriction policy on seasonal antibiotic consumption trends in Saudi Arabia, 2016-2020.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Country data on AMR in Saudi Arabia in the context of community-acquired respiratory tract infections: links between antibiotic susceptibility, local and international antibiotic prescribing guidelines, access to medicine and clinical outcome.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2022Article
- Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice towards Antibiotic Use among Prospective Antibiotic Prescribers in Serbia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Antimicrobial resistance of microorganisms present in periodontal diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Oral pain and infection control strategies for treating children and adolescents in India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Survey of the Knowledge and Use of Antibiotics among Medical and Veterinary Health Professionals and Students in Portugal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Comparison of red complex bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in stage III/IV periodontitis patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional observational study.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to analyze and evaluate dental antibiotic prescriptions in Albaha Region, Saudi Arabia. PATIENTS AND
methodsA two-year retrospective cohort study was conducted between September 1, 2017 and September 1, 2019 in children and adults. Data collected from the patients' medical records were analyzed using SPSS. The Z-test with Bonferroni correction and descriptive proportions were utilized to compare several levels of categorical variables.
resultsOf the 43,255 dental visits, antibiotics were provided during 12,573 (29.1%). The commonly prescribed antibiotics were amoxicillin and amoxicillin combined with metronidazole (56.3% and 16.9%, respectively). Alarmingly, antibiotics were provided in several conditions for which they are medically neither recommended nor indicated; together, they represented 27.8% of those consultations in which antibiotics were prescribed. Female dentists prescribed more antibiotics than male dentists (30%, P = < 0.000), with male patients receiving more antibiotics than female patients (36%, P = <0.0001).
conclusionUnnecessary prescription of antibiotics was observed in the present study. Improving knowledge and awareness of Saudi dentists on dental antibiotic prescription is warranted.
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