ArticleInternational journal of dentistry2022
Dentists' Habits of Antibiotic Prescribing May be Influenced by Patient Requests for Prescriptions.
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- Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Antimicrobial Resistance Knowledge in Singapore.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Prescribing in Dental Practice: A Cross-sectional Survey in Trinidad and Tobago.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Operative stewardship: reclaiming the role of surgical source control in dental antimicrobial stewardship.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Oral health, antimicrobial resistance and the need for interprofessional education.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Review
- Antibiotics in dental practice: Global implications, clinical realities and the path towards stewardship.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Knowledge and Misconceptions About Antibiotic Use and Resistance Among Dental Clinic Visitors in Saudi Arabia-A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
- Reevaluating antibiotic prophylaxis: insights from a network meta-analysis on dry socket and surgical site infections.Evidence-based dentistry · 2024Article
- Antibiotics Knowledge and Prescription Patterns Among Dental Practitioners in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia: A Comparative E-Survey with a Focus on Medically Healthy and Compromised Patients.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antibiotics Prescribing Pattern and Quality of Prescribing in Croatian Dental Practices-5-Year National Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- How decisions are made: Antibiotic stewardship in dentistry.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study evaluates dentists' antibiotic prescribing habits and the frequency of facing patient pressure for prescriptions. Methods: An online anonymous survey was used to collect data on antibiotic prescribing practices, including prescribing unnecessary antibiotics if requested by patients. Results: The study population included 345 dentists; 227 (65.8%) were females and 118 (34.2%) were males. 54 (15.7%) reported that they prescribed unnecessary antibiotics more than once per week, 47 (13.6%) once per month, 135 (39.1%) rarely, and 109 (31.6%) never prescribed unnecessary antibiotics. 117 (33.9%) reported being pressured by patients to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics more than once per week. 110 (31.9%) reported being pressured by patients to do so at least once per month. There was a statistical difference between the two genders ( Conclusions: The results show that unnecessary antibiotic prescribing by dentists can be influenced by patient pressure.
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