Post Endodontic Antibiotic Prescription In 3–5-Year-Old Children

Abstract

Most commonly prescribed drugs in pediatric dentistry are “Antibiotics.” Among Dentists, there is a trend toward overuse of antibiotics for non-indicated clinical conditions. This insufficient knowledge of the appropriate clinical indications for antibiotic prescriptions promotes the overuse of antibiotics and contributes to the emergence of antibiotic resistance among children. According to the various surveys done on the dental students, dentists and pediatric dentists on the antibiotic prescribing practices, overall, adherence to the professional clinical guidelines was low. There was a wide variation in dosages for all the antibiotics prescribed and for prolonged periods which were inconsistent with the recommendations. From the results obtained, we can see that Among the males and females who took antibiotics post endodontic therapy, about 41.61% Females and 58.39% of the Males were prescribed post endodontic antibiotics. [Figure 1] The antibiotics prescribed post endodontic therapy among 3-5 year old children revealed that Among Males, About 24.37% of them were prescribed ibugesic alone, 24.87% of them were prescribed a combination of ibugesic and paracetamol, and 3.55% of them were prescribed with paracetamol alone. Among females, about 18.27% of them were prescribed ibugesic alone, 27.92% of them were prescribed a combination of ibugesic and paracetamol, and 1.02% of them were prescribed with paracetamol alone [Figure 2].