ArticleBMC oral health2025
Rational antibiotic prescribing practices among dentists in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.
Article in BMC oral health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Irrational antibiotic use is one of the most important reasons for the rise of antibiotic resistance worldwide. This study questioned how dentists comply with rational antibiotic use (RAU) principles when prescribing antibiotics, their inadequacy, and the need for training. The study included 324 dentists working with patients from public, private, and university settings in Turkey. An online survey was conducted to evaluate demographic information, approaches, and attitudes toward antibiotic prescribing. 64% of the participants were female dentists. 50.6% of all participants are dentists working in private clinics, and the rate of those with less than five years of professional experience is 48.5%. While the participants mainly prescribe antibiotics for infection treatment (89.2%), the rate of those who inform their patients about the maximum daily dose is 91.7%. Participants reported that they had a lack of knowledge about drug interactions (76.2%) and pharmacological properties (44.4%), and it was determined that these participants wanted to receive training on RAU. The rate of participants who wish to receive RAU training is 86.1%. It would be beneficial for dentists to update their training in rational antibiotic prescribing in order to monitor antimicrobial resistance patterns and to obtain the necessary information about contraindications and disinfection protocols.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.