Knowledge about Prescription of the Antibiotic for Endodontic’s Treatment among Final Year Students.
Mawra Hyder, Muhammad Ali, Isma Sajjad, Nousheen Khan, Muhammad Ahmed, Asif Noor
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ABSTRACT
Background: Since
antibiotic’s discovery, they have been widely utilized for treatment of the
odontogenic infections. Writing a prescription is a vital determining factor of
the good doctor/clinician. Drug Prescription is a dynamic and personalized
clinical process, which is established as a result of necessities of the
patient & acquaintance of practitioner & is also the component of
curriculum of graduation.
Aim: To evaluate
and assess knowledge about prescription of the antibiotic during the
endodontics’s treatment and the errors made by final year students at the
dental hospital.
Setting:
Multan Medical & Dental College Multan
Methodology: This
survey-based research was led among 48 students of Multan Dental College
Multan. A form was designed, regarding pattern of the antibiotic’s prescription
& conditions/situations for which the drugs were recommended by students of
final year.
Results: The
medication of choice was mostly Amoxicillin alone (75%) and Amoxicillin +
clavulanic acid (55%). Most of antibiotic prescriptions were written for
Perio-endo lesion (85%), acute apical abscess (80%). Chronic apical abscess
with sinus tract (80%), Ch. apical abscess with periodontitis (65%), Patients
with swelling & difficulty in swallowing (62%). In this study the greatest
numbers of antibiotics prescribed were prophylactically for congenital cardiac
sicknesses 69.7%, and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus 60%. Prosthetic joint in
past 2 years 40% & Chemo/radio therapy 30%.
Conclusion: There is a dearth of knowledge as well as information concerning the
suitable indication, kind, & dose of the antibiotics in practice of
dentistry. The curriculum should propose great accent on prescription, and
decent prescription practices should also be taught in clinical rotation’s,
using actual or imaginary cases.
Keywords: Antibiotics, Endodontics, Prescription
writing, prophylaxis, Root canal treatment (RCT)