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Antibiotic prescribing in dental practice

Expiry Date
: 01/04/2025
CPD Units
: 3.00 Points
Rating
: 3.4/4

Clinical guidelines and recommendations for antibiotic prescribing in dental practice

Keywords: Abscess, antibiotic stewardship, antibiotics, children, dento-facial infections, endodontics, ethical considerations, fractures, infective endocarditis, medical risks, odontogenic infections, osteomyelitis, paediatrics, periodontal infections, prosthetic joints, sepsis, wisdom teeth.

Reading material:

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to provide clinicians with a review of the evidence-based clinical guidelines and recommendations for antibiotic prescribing in dental practice.

Editor's comments:

The efficacy of antibiotics is slowly being compromised by a growing number of antibiotic resistant strains due to inappropriate use of antibiotics.
Antibiotics are used inappropriately in 75% of cases involving dental conditions.
Subsequent infections caused by antibiotic resistant pathogens are difficult, and at times impossible, and costly to treat.
Implementing antibiotic stewardship efforts in dental and medical practice are an opportunity to improve antibiotic prescribing practices and to curb the pandemic issue of antibiotic resistance
Clinical guidelines and recommendations are a key element of antibiotic stewardship and therefore fundamental for appropriate antibiotic prescribing in the dental setting.

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Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

  1. Indications and antibiotic regimens for infective endocarditis prophylaxis
  2. Prophylactic antibiotic protocol for patients with prosthetic joints
  3. Prophylactic antibiotic protocol for preventing implant failures
  4. Antibiotic prescribing protocols for oral and dento-facial infections, abscesses, and life-threatening sepsis
  5. Antibiotic prescribing protocols for odontogenic infections
  6. Antibiotic prescribing regimens for orofacial and dental infections in children
  7. Antibiotic prescribing regimens for periodontal infections
  8. Antibiotic prescribing protocols for endodontic (pulpal and periapical-related) infections
  9. Ethical considerations.

Instructions for this Module

  • Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
  • You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
  • The pass grade is 70%;
  • You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
  • Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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