The Main Considerations for Antibiotic Therapy in Dental Office

Baek,  Jeong-Hwa

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 51(3); 2013 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2013;51(3):148-155.
Published online March 31, 2013.

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서울대학교 치의학대학원 치과약리학교실

The Main Considerations for Antibiotic Therapy in Dental Office

Jeong-Hwa Baek

Department of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University

Abstract

Antibiotic is one of the mainly prescribed drugs in dental office. The substantial part of all antibiotics used in dental office is given to patients without signs or symptoms of infection to prevent infections, and antibiotics became the most widely abused prescribed drugs on the basis of inappropriate indications, dosages and durations. Considering that antibiotics are one of the drugs that affect not only a single patient but also entire populations of individuals through their collective effects on microbial ecology, the importance of proper use of antimicrobial therapy can hardly be overemphasized. Therefore, the main considerations for antibiotic therapy in denial office were summarized here.

Key Words: Indications for antimicrobial therapy;Prophylactic use;Bacterial infection;Antibacterial resistance;