Systemic antibiotics in endodontics-International questionnaire study: Choice of types, dosage, loading and duration.
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- Academic Journal
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- Solomonov M; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Batashvili G; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Shuster A; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.; Slutzky H; Department of Prosthodontics, Goldschleger School of Dental medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.; Moshonov J; Department of Endodontics, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.; Buchkovskii O; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Lvovsky A; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Azizi H; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Levin A; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Ben Itzhak J; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.; Shemesh A; Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel.; 'Bina' Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Country of Publication: Australia NLM ID: 100888004 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1747-4477 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13291947 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Aust Endod J
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- English
The aim of the study was to investigate the systematic antibiotics (SAs) prescribing practices in the endodontic practice worldwide. 7500 general practitioners, postgraduate students and endodontists from Israel and the former Soviet Union (FSU) states were invited to fill in an online questionnaire. The first-choice SA was amoxicillin (80.12%) among the Israeli (p < 0.05) and amoxicillin + clavulanic acid (88.92%) among the FSU respondents (p < 0.05). The first-choice SA for patients with penicillin allergy was clindamycin (78.2%) among Israeli and azithromycin (35.96%) among the FSU respondents (p < 0.05). Most of the respondents from Israel as well as from the FSU reported prescribing SA for 5-7 days. Only 6.24% of the former and 2.59% of the latter reported prescribing SA until the symptoms disappeared (p > 0.05). The usage of SAs is often not in accordance with existing international guidelines and differs among different dentist's populations.
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