Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Dental Care
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 1064
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The prescribing of antibiotics in primary dental care is a daily procedure that is well regulated by evidence-based guidelines. However, the continuous development of bacterial resistance worldwide necessitates greater efforts to improve the patterns of antibiotic prescribing by clinicians, including dentists. Primary dental care covers common oral cavity infections, as well as odontogenic and periodontal infections, requiring systemic antimicrobial therapy in addition to mechanical dental treatment.
Finding the ideal balance between indications for systemic antibiotic therapy in odontogenic infection (such as acute apical abscess with systemic involvement, the onset of a severe or spreading infection, osteomyelitis, the replantation of avulsed permanent teeth, or medically compromised patients) and the rationalization of antibiotic prescribing, using the most appropriate drug at the lowest dose necessary to obtain the best effect in the shortest period of time and at a reasonable cost, is of major interest for public health.
This Special Issue aims to provide an up-to-date insight into clinical questions concerning the prescribing of antibiotics in primary dental care, and to address antibiotic stewardship in dentistry. Particular consideration will be to given to original research, reviews, and short communications discussing more precise indications for the prescribing of antibiotics in dentistry, including laboratory and clinical diagnosis, therapeutic perspectives, rational prescribing, and the public health approach.
Dr. Kristina Peros
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- primary dental care
- antibiotic prescribing
- rational drug prescribing
- antibiotic stewardship
