SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
A Review of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Pericoronitis Management and a Systematic Review of Antibiotic Prescribing for Pericoronitis among Dentists: Inappropriate Pericoronitis Treatment Is a Critical Factor of Antibiotic Overuse in Dentistry.
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- Comparison of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy protocols as adjunct treatment in the management of initial pericoronitis: a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Trial
- Ozonated water to treat pericoronitis - insights from a randomized triple-blind pilot trial.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Assessment of a combined mouthwash on pain relief in pericoronitis: a randomized clinical study.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- From prescription to resistance: integrating one health perspectives into dental antibiotic stewardship in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Pericoronitis among dental students: experience, awareness, and management practices.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Article
- Drug interaction between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and warfarin: a cross-sectional study.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Differences in pericoronitis knowledge among Chinese undergraduates: a cross-disciplinary survey in Northeastern Universities.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- An Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Final-Year Dental Students on and Towards Antibiotic Use: A Questionnaire Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dentoalveolar Abscess Caused by Pericoronitis of an Erupting First Molar.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Role of Pharmacology in Dentistry: A Review of Analgesics, Antibiotics, and Local Anesthetics.Cureus · 2025Review
- Bilateral Orocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Pericoronal Infection of Mandibular Third Molars: A Rare Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Antibiotic Prescription for Treatment and Prevention of Odontogenic Infections: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Lithuanian Dentists.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Antibiotic prescribing patterns among dentists in Italy and Albania: A comparative questionnaire analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Risk factors associated with the severity of pericoronitis of mandibular third molar.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Challenges in Optimizing Nanoplatforms Used for Local and Systemic Delivery in the Oral Cavity.Pharmaceutics · 2024Review
- Clinical considerations of emergent oral manifestations during pregnancy.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2024Review
- Fully Characterized Effective Bacteriophages Specific against Antibiotic-ResistantMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Efficacy of ornidazole for pericoronitis: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2024Review
- Antibiotics in Dentistry: A Narrative Review of the Evidence beyond the Myth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- An unusual case of oral surgical management in a patient with isovaleric acidemia and schizophrenia: A case report.Biomedical reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
This work provides a narrative review covering evidence-based recommendations for pericoronitis management (Part A) and a systematic review of antibiotic prescribing for pericoronitis from January 2000 to May 2021 (Part B). Part A presents the most recent, clinically significant, and evidence-based guidance for pericoronitis diagnosis and proper treatment recommending the local therapy over antibiotic prescribing, which should be reserved for severe conditions. The systematic review includes publications analyzing sets of patients treated for pericoronitis and questionnaires that identified dentists' therapeutic approaches to pericoronitis. Questionnaires among dentists revealed that almost 75% of them prescribed antibiotics for pericoronitis, and pericoronitis was among the top 4 in the frequency of antibiotic use within the surveyed diagnoses and situations. Studies involving patients showed that antibiotics were prescribed to more than half of the patients with pericoronitis, and pericoronitis was among the top 2 in the frequency of antibiotic use within the monitored diagnoses and situations. The most prescribed antibiotics for pericoronitis were amoxicillin and metronidazole. The systematic review results show abundant and unnecessary use of antibiotics for pericoronitis and are in strong contrast to evidence-based recommendations summarized in the narrative review. Adherence of dental professionals to the recommendations presented in this work can help rapidly reduce the duration of pericoronitis, prevent its complications, and reduce the use of antibiotics and thus reduce its impact on patients' quality of life, healthcare costs, and antimicrobial resistance development.
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