Systemic antibiotics in endodontics—International questionnaire study: Choice of types, dosage, loading and duration
Michael Solomonov DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGabriel Batashvili DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAmir Shuster DMD
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorHagay Slutzky DMD
Department of Prosthodontics, Goldschleger School of Dental medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorJoshua Moshonov DMD
Department of Endodontics, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorOleg Buchkovskii DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAlex Lvovsky DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Hadas Azizi DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Correspondence
Dr. Hadas Azizi, Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Shlomzion 1a Hod-Hasharon, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAvi Levin DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorJoe Ben Itzhak DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAvi Shemesh DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Solomonov DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGabriel Batashvili DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAmir Shuster DMD
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorHagay Slutzky DMD
Department of Prosthodontics, Goldschleger School of Dental medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorJoshua Moshonov DMD
Department of Endodontics, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorOleg Buchkovskii DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAlex Lvovsky DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Hadas Azizi DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Correspondence
Dr. Hadas Azizi, Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Shlomzion 1a Hod-Hasharon, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAvi Levin DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorJoe Ben Itzhak DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAvi Shemesh DMD
Department of Endodontics, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Medical Corps, Tel Hashomer, Israel
"Bina" Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
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.
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