- It should be recognized that dentists share responsibility for this one of the biggest problems in modern medicine, according to the authors of the Recommendation of the Working Group of the Polish Dental Society and the National Antibiotic Program on the Use of Antibiotics in Dentistry. At issue is the overuse of antibiotics by dentists while bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing rapidly.
- The administration of an antibiotic can be aimed either at preventing surgical site infections or distant infections (antibiotic prophylaxis), or at treating an existing infection whose starting point is within the oral cavity. It should be strongly emphasized that in the prevention of infections in dentistry, proper oral hygiene and maintenance of appropriate perioperative aseptic and antiseptic principles are of primary importance, while in the treatment of dental infections - local causal treatment. The use of antibiotics is not a subs...
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