ArticleJournal of the American Dental Association (1939)2025
Outpatient antibiotic prescribing by general dentists in the United States from 2018 through 2022.
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- Antibiotics after non-surgical root canals: National Dental Practice-Based Research Network findings.Journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Prescribing in Dental Practice: A Cross-sectional Survey in Trinidad and Tobago.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Prescription Behaviors and Rational Drug Use Awareness Among Future Dentists: A Class-Based Comparative Study.Journal of dental education · 2026Article
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- Antibiotics in dental practice: Global implications, clinical realities and the path towards stewardship.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Clostridioides difficile infection risk and contemporary antibiotic use: Evidence from a large real-world dataset highlighting the need for a comprehensive antibiotic stewardship in dentistry.Journal of dental sciences · 2026Article
- Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions Written for Dental Prophylaxis Within a Regional Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Based on American Dental Association and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Guidance.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Antibiotic Prescription in Dentistry: Trends, Patient Demographics, and Drug Preferences in Germany.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDentists play a role in combatting antimicrobial resistance. This analysis characterizes antibiotic prescribing changes by dentists after the American Dental Association's dental infection treatment guideline was released in 2019.
methodsThe Xponent (IQVIA) database was used to extract antibiotic prescriptions dispensed from 2018 through 2022. General dentist prescriptions were compared with total outpatient oral antibiotics and summarized by patient and provider characteristics. Census denominators were used to calculate prescribing rates per 1,000 people.
resultsDentists prescribed 24.65 million antibiotics in 2018 compared with 25.17 million in 2022, resulting in 75.5 prescriptions per 1,000 people for both years. From 2018 through 2022, dentists prescribed 9.8% through 12.1% of all outpatient antibiotics. Females, patients 65 years and older, and patients in the Northeast received the most antibiotic prescriptions.
conclusionsPrescribing by general dentists remained stable from 2018 through 2022 despite guideline recommendations to limit antibiotic use for dental infections. Variation by patient and provider characteristics may represent unnecessary antibiotic use. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Antibiotic stewardship is needed to optimize prescribing in the dental care setting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship framework can be adapted for dental stewardship implementation.
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