Dentists’ Habits of Antibiotic Prescribing May be Influenced by Patient Requests for Prescriptions

Table 3

Dentists’ antibiotics prescribing habits.

Prophylactic antibiotics with surgical procedures	Diabetes	111	32.2%
	Congenital heart disease	147	42.6%
	Mitral valve prolapse without regurgitation	104	30.1%
	Mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation	168	48.7%
	Prosthetic heart valve	253	73.3%
	History of infective endocarditis	258	74.8%
	History of myocardial infarction	73	21.2%
	Coronary artery stents	91	26.4%
	Any heart problem	40	11.6%
	Artificial joints	103	29.9%
	Patients on steroid therapy	59	17.1%
	If patient requests	8	2.3%
	Fillings	4	1.2%
	Simple root canal treatment	13	3.8%
	Root canal treatment with a localized abscess	100	29%
	Root canal treatment with the sinus tract	78	22.6%
	Root canal treatment with cellulitis	237	68.7%
	Surgical extractions	195	56.5%
	Simple extractions	42	12.2%
	Placing dental implants	147	42.6%
	Tooth preparation for a fixed prosthesis	5	1.4%
	Root planning	52	15.1%
	Scaling and polishing	20	5.8%
	Periodontal surgery	110	31.9%
	Placing orthodontic brackets	2	0.6%
	Administration of routine anesthesia	4	1.2%
	Taking radiographs	2	0.6%
Prescribing antibiotics for patients who do not have a systemic disease	To prevent infective endocarditis	63	18.3%
	To prevent infection in the operation area	77	22.3%
	To prevent septicemia	35	10.3%
	To decrease postoperative inflammation	60	17.4%
	To decrease postoperative pain	21	6.1%
	When sterilization is inadequate	54	15.7%
	To prevent osteomyelitis	20	5.8%
	To prevent dry socket	14	4.1%
	To treat dry socket	23	6.7%
	To prevent secondary infection	29	8.4%
	Distrust infection control measures	15	4.3%
	To please the patient	6	1.7%
	Do not prescribe antibiotics to healthy patients	187	54.2%
Duration of antibiotic treatment prescribed when indicated	3 days	14	4.1%
	5 days	114	33%
	7 days	79	22.9%
	10 days	2	0.6%
	Depends on the antibiotic being prescribed	136	39.4%