Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate shortened courses of antibiotics in the management of dentoalveolar abscesses. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study over a 3-year period. SETTING:Examinations department of the Liverpool University Dental Hospital. SUBJECTS:759 patients, with acute dentoalveolar abscesses associated with swelling, and an elevation of axillary temperature to above 38.5 degrees C, were included in the investigation. The minimum age of the patients was 16 years. INTERVENTIONS:The initial treatment was to drain the abscess by incision (124 patients), or extraction (635). The patients were prescribed amoxycillin (250 mg every 8 hours), clindamycin (150 mg every 6 hours) or erythromycin stearate (250 mg every 6 hours) and instructed to drink plenty of fluid. All the patients were seen 2 or 3 and 10 days later; only patients who were seen at these times were included in the trial. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Resolution of the swelling and a normal axillary temperature. RESULTS:At first review 748 patients (98.6%) had normal temperatures, marked resolution of the swelling and the antibiotic was discontinued. None of these 748 patients required further antibiotic therapy. CONCLUSIONS:The duration of antibiotic therapy in most patients with acute dentoalveolar infections can safely be 2-3 days, provided that drainage has been established. It is not, therefore, necessary for the majority of patients to complete a 5-day course of antibiotics.
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Br Dent Jjournal_title
British dental journalauthors
Martin MV,Longman LP,Hill JB,Hardy Pdoi
10.1038/sj.bdj.4809444subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-08-23 00:00:00pages
135-7issue
4eissn
0007-0610issn
1476-5373journal_volume
183pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The dental needs of the growing number of refugees in Bosnia-Hercegovina were all too apparent on my recent visit to work with children in Medugorje in the Mostar province of Hercegovina. While this area has not undergone the sustained destruction of central Bosnia it is a natural first haven for refugees from the fig...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808231
更新日期:1993-08-07 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To ascertain the training received in management of medical emergencies recalled by general dental practitioners (GDPs), as undergraduates and since graduation, to examine how well prepared they felt to manage such events and how their readiness might be improved. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire survey of a ran...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4800073
更新日期:1999-03-13 00:00:00
abstract::Despite an increasing incidence, the 'mortality from oral cancer appears to remain static...' (five-year relative survival = ca. 60%). ...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.373
更新日期:2016-05-27 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine if increasing cost to the patient of an NHS dental examination was associated with a change in the uptake of dental examinations by Scottish adults aged 18 years and over. The null hypothesis was that there was no significant difference (a = 0.05) in the number of NHS de...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4814012
更新日期:2006-09-23 00:00:00
abstract::Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) remains a difficult clinical problem. In large refractory cases surgery appears to be the only option but it does not guarantee a cure and is expensive. Cost analysis of 31 patients who had resection with or without reconstruction of their mandible was £892,357. The largest cost was in-patient...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-02-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808450
更新日期:1994-05-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41415-020-1987-7
更新日期:2020-08-27 00:00:00
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doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4811905
更新日期:2004-12-25 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809010
更新日期:1996-03-09 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,实务指引
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.1105
更新日期:2007-12-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type:
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807866
更新日期:1992-05-09 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41415-020-2502-x
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4810338
更新日期:2003-07-26 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To determine the range and frequency of diagnoses in specimens submitted for histopathological examination by general dental practitioners (GDPs). METHODS:A retrospective analysis was carried out of all cases submitted by GDPs for the period 1974-2003, using a Foxpro Windows database. The data were collated...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4813464
更新日期:2006-04-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4811422
更新日期:2004-07-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808154
更新日期:1993-04-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4800693
更新日期:2000-07-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.645
更新日期:2016-09-09 00:00:00
abstract::This final article in the series consider the practical realities of marketing. A series of questions are provided to provide an ongoing marketing 'health check' along with a list of initial ideas to get you started. ...
journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809226
更新日期:1996-10-05 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.529
更新日期:2015-07-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.251
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808867
更新日期:1995-09-09 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807936
更新日期:1992-07-25 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4814232
更新日期:2006-11-25 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.326
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.1107
更新日期:2008-02-09 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808049
更新日期:1992-12-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808373
更新日期:1994-02-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:British dental journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808595
更新日期:1994-11-05 00:00:00
abstract::In December 2014, Public Health Wales introduced a proof-of-concept incentive scheme, aiming to encourage National Health Service (NHS) dental practitioners in Wales to provide brief intervention for smoking cessation and increase referrals to Stop Smoking Wales (SSW). The scheme ran for 11 weeks. Practitioners were a...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.916
更新日期:2016-12-09 00:00:00