Antibiotic coverage

The accepted practice in the past was to use antibiotics as surgical prophylaxis to accompany dental implant placement. However, this practice was developed before the problems of antibiotic resistance were known and when antimicrobial stewardship was not considered. Today, dentists and dental specialists must determine when to use antibiotics for implant placement procedures. After obtaining a thorough dental evaluation, patients should be given antibiotics based on a case-by-case evaluation. It is not unusual, however, for dentists to use a rule-based approach or treat antibiotics as an insurance against infection and use them for everyone.

Source: Dental Abstracts - November 1, 2018 Category: Dentistry Tags: Hands On Source Type: research