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Exploration of antibiotic usage pattern in dental professionals |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Sittipong Chaimanakarn |
| Title | Exploration of antibiotic usage pattern in dental professionals |
| Contributor | Pichaya Rochanadumrongkul |
| Publisher | Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2563 |
| Journal Title | Interdisciplinary Research Review |
| Journal Vol. | 15 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 36 |
| Keyword | Antibiotic usage pattern, dental professionals, dental hospital |
| URL Website | http://dept.npru.ac.th |
| Website title | สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏนครปฐม |
| ISSN | 2697-522X |
| Abstract | To explore the antibiotic treatment pattern among dental professionals, who working in Dental hospital, Faculty of Dentistry,Mahidol University. A self-administered questionnaire was used in this study. The questionnaire was sent to dental professionalsat Dental hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University. The questionnaire was included demographic data andpattern of antibiotic treatment and usage. Information was collected on the number and names of antibiotic and prescriptiondata. All result was analyzed with descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Science (IBM SPSS version 22,USA). 100% of dental professionals did not prescribe antibiotics to manage oral diseases in cases of halitosis and orthodontictreatment. More than 80% of dental professionals specifically prescribed antibiotics in cases of endodontic treatment, orofacialinfections and surgical removal of impacted tooth, and more than 50% of dental professionals prescribed antibiotics in dentalabscess (pericoronal abscess, dento-alveolar abscess and periapical abscess), extraction by open method, swelling condition,flap surgery and implant placement. But did not use antibiotics in simple tooth fracture, dental caries, apical periodontitis anddry socket. Regarding to the situation questions, it was found that 96.15% of dental professionals chose to prescribe Penicillinas the first-choice of localized infection and 100% of dental professionals prescribed Clindamycin in case of Penicillin allergy.Some of dental professionals potentially had a misconception in indications of antibiotics prophylaxis usage in congenital heartdisease and prosthetic cardiac valve. There was still an irrational use of antibiotic within dental practitioners, which may leadto the issue of antibiotic resistance. Thus, the need for rational prescribing should be considerably for further developing ofantibiotic usage program in Dental hospital. |
