Are antibiotics being used appropriately for emergency dental treatment?

Abstract:

AIM:To investigate the therapeutic prescribing of antibiotics to patients presenting for emergency dental treatment. DESIGN:A prospective clinical study. METHOD:Information was collected via a questionnaire concerning the patient's reason for attendance and treatment undertaken at emergency dental clinics in North and South Cheshire. RESULTS:Over an 11-week period 1,069 patients attended the five clinics, 1,011 questionnaires were analyzed. The majority of the attendees had pain (879/1011). 35% (311/879) of these patient had pulpitis and 74% (230/311) had been issued a prescription for antibiotics, without any active surgical intervention. Th principal antibiotic prescribed for both adult and child patients was amoxicillin. CONCLUSION:The majority of patients attending the emergency dental clinics had pain, with a large proportion having localised infections either as pulpitis or localised dental abscess. Three quarters of these patients had no surgical intervention and were inappropriately prescribed antibiotics.

journal_name

Br Dent J

journal_title

British dental journal

authors

Dailey YM,Martin MV

doi

10.1038/sj.bdj.4801190

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-10-13 00:00:00

pages

391-3

issue

7

eissn

0007-0610

issn

1476-5373

journal_volume

191

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