Designing a customized clinical practice guideline regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for Iranian general dentists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines produced by developed countries seemed to be not completely feasible for developing countries due to their different local context. In this study, we designed a customized guideline about antibiotic prophylaxis before dental procedures for Iranian general dentists.

Methods

This study was conducted of two parts, including a qualitative part and a cross-sectional analytic part. A multidisciplinary team searched for related guidelines and other documents, selected the most updated and high quality ones, customized their recommendations based on available antibiotics in Iran, prepared a draft adapted guideline and summarized its recommendations in 3 flowcharts. An expert panel (20 specialists of four Iranian dental universities) participat

SUBMITTER: Savadi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6781348 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature