Systemic antibiotics in endodontics—International questionnaire study: Choice of types, dosage, loading and duration

Michael Solomonov; Gabriel Batashvili; Amir Shuster; Hagay Slutzky; Joshua Moshonov; Oleg Buchkovskii; Alex Lvovsky; Hadas Azizi; Avi Levin; Joe Ben Itzhak; Avi Shemesh

doi:10.1111/aej.12686

Systemic antibiotics in endodontics—International questionnaire study: Choice of types, dosage, loading and duration

Michael Solomonov, Gabriel Batashvili, Amir Shuster, Hagay Slutzky, Joshua Moshonov, Oleg Buchkovskii, Alex Lvovsky, Hadas Azizi^*, Avi Levin, Joe Ben Itzhak, Avi Shemesh

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The aim of the study was to investigate the systematic antibiotics (SAs) prescribing practices in the endodontic practice worldwide. 7500 general practitioners, postgraduate students and endodontists from Israel and the former Soviet Union (FSU) states were invited to fill in an online questionnaire. The first-choice SA was amoxicillin (80.12%) among the Israeli (p < 0.05) and amoxicillin + clavulanic acid (88.92%) among the FSU respondents (p < 0.05). The first-choice SA for patients with penicillin allergy was clindamycin (78.2%) among Israeli and azithromycin (35.96%) among the FSU respondents (p < 0.05). Most of the respondents from Israel as well as from the FSU reported prescribing SA for 5–7 days. Only 6.24% of the former and 2.59% of the latter reported prescribing SA until the symptoms disappeared (p > 0.05). The usage of SAs is often not in accordance with existing international guidelines and differs among different dentist's populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-63
Number of pages	6
Journal	Australian Endodontic Journal
Volume	49
Issue number	S1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/aej.12686
State	Published - Sep 2023

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antibiotic resistance
endodontics
questionnaire
systemic antibiotic

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