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ReviewClinical oral investigations2022

Effect of an educational intervention among Lebanese dentists on antibiotic prescribing: a randomized controlled study.

Nadine Chehabeddine, Nathalie Lahoud, Ziad E F Noujeim, Rouba K Zeidan, Mira Hleyhel, Nadine Saleh

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Review in Clinical oral investigations, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. A Systematic Review of Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025
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6 authors.

Nadine ChehabeddineFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon. nadineshehab@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-6025
Nathalie LahoudFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.
Ziad E F NoujeimDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rouba K ZeidanFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.
Mira HleyhelFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.
Nadine SalehFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate whether an educational intervention could improve antibiotic prescribing among Lebanese dentists and assess antibiotic prescribing patterns regarding international guidelines. MATERIALS AND

methodsAn interventional randomized controlled trial was conducted from the first of April to the end of August 2017. This was an oral presentation of about 20 min based on a review of the literature and the international guidelines. Sixty dentists specializing in oral dental surgery or general practitioners participated in this study. All the patients who took a consultation over 2 months were involved.

resultsIn this study, 950 antibiotic prescriptions were analyzed. A change was found only in antibiotics prescribed for tooth extraction and tooth extraction (impacted tooth). The intervention was impactful in raising the mean percentage of prescriptions compliant with indication and with the choice regarding antibiotics prescribed for prophylactic reasons. A dentist in the intervention group would have after the intervention period a mean percentage of prescriptions compliant with indication and with choice of 31.7% and 20.7%, respectively, above one in the control group. Despite the decrease in the overall number of antibiotics prescribed by dentists in the intervention group over time, this does not suggest that this was solely due to the effect of the intervention.

conclusionThis study highlights the importance of continuing medical education to optimize antibiotic use in dentistry. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This study can serve as the basis for a future audit, training, and feedback intervention to increase dentists' awareness of recommended guidelines and optimal antibiotic use.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsDental CareDentistsHumansPractice Patterns, Dentists'Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-bacterial agentsDental educationDentistryGuideline adherenceInappropriate prescribingRandomized controlled trial

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PMID35348880

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