Antibiotic prophylaxis prescribing habits in oral implant surgery in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There seems to be no consensus on the prescription of prophylactic antibiotics in oral implant surgery. The Dutch Association of Oral Implantology (NVOI) guidelines do not include a clear policy on prophylactic antibiotic prescriptions for oral implant surgery among healthy patients. The purpose of the study was to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis is commonly prescribed in the Netherlands by general dentists, maxillofacial surgeons and oral implantologists in conjunction with oral implant surgery among healthy patients and to assess the type and amount of prophylactic antibiotic prescribed. METHODS:This observational cross-sectional study is based on a web survey. A questionnaire developed in the United States of America was translated and slightly adjusted for use in th

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Sanchez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6909651 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature