Prevalence of Postoperative Infection after Tooth Extraction: A Retrospective Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Types of antibiotics</td><td class="align_center">Total</td><td class="align_center">Infection</td><td class="align_center">No infection</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Amoxicillin</td><td class="align_center">141</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">136</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Amoxicillin + metronidazole</td><td class="align_center">36</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">34</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Augmentin</td><td class="align_center">24</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">24</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Metronidazole</td><td class="align_center">12</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">12</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Others</td><td class="align_center">16</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">15</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Antibiotics prescribed for tooth extraction.</div>

International Journal of Dentistry

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Table 4: Prevalence of Postoperative Infection after Tooth Extraction: A Retrospective Study 