Trends In Antibiotics Medication Post Endodontic Treatment - A Survey

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D. Angel Fastinamary , Dhanraj Ganapathy , Revathi Duraisamy , Ashok Velayudhan

Abstract

Introduction :
Antibiotics are used in some endodontic cases. However, successful cases can predominantly be achieved by mechanical and chemical cleaning of the canal or surgical intervention. prescription of antibiotic with clinical experience and there was a moderate level of knowledge regarding specific indications for antibiotic prescription both therapeutically and prophylactically. The survey instrument has historically been successful in obtaining pertinent information on the practice of endodontics. The aim of the study is to assess and create awareness on prescribing antibiotics - post endodontic treatment among dental students.
Material and methods :
The antibiotic prescribing in dentistry and , specifically, in endodontics, has mostly been analyzed by mean of cross‐ sectional observational studies conducted using surveys. The sample size was 113. A well structured 12 questioner was prepared and was distributed through online protocol. The collected datas were entered in MS excel and statistical analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS software and chi square test was used to compare different variables.

Result :
As the prescribing type of antibiotics based on the knowledge regarding specific indication of endodontic treatment, 40.71 % of dental students use metronidazole whereas 50 % of clindamycin. It would appear from this study that students' lack of knowledge about the use of antibiotics in post endodontic treatment practice is far from ideal.
Conclusion :
Students' knowledge about antibiotics seems inadequate and further education is recommended to update the students.

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