Complex systematic review - Perioperative antibiotics in conjunction with dental implant placement
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Bodil Lund
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
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Bodil Lund, DDS
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorSofia Tranæus
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorAron Naimi-Akbar
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorBjörn Klinge
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Bodil Lund
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
Corresponding author:
Bodil Lund, DDS
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel.: +46858583950
Fax: +46858583522
e-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMargareta Hultin
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorSofia Tranæus
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorAron Naimi-Akbar
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
Search for more papers by this authorBjörn Klinge
Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden
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Objectives
The aim of this study was to revisit the available scientific literature regarding perioperative antibiotics in conjunction with implant placement by combining the recommended methods for systematic reviews and complex systematic reviews.
Material and methods
A search of Medline (OVID), The Cochrane Library (Wiley), EMBASE, PubMed and Health technology assessment (HTA) organizations was performed, in addition to a complementary hand-search. Selected systematic reviews and primary studies were assessed using GRADE and AMSTAR, respectively. A meta-analysis was performed.
Results
The literature search identified 846 papers of which 10 primary studies and seven systematic reviews were included. Quality assessment of the systematic reviews revealed two studies of moderate risk of bias and five with high risk of bias. The two systematic reviews of moderate risk of bias stated divergent numbers needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one patient from implant failure. Four of the primary studies comparing antibiotic prophylaxis with placebo were estimated to be of low, or moderate, risk of bias and subjected to meta-analysis. The NNT was 50 (pooled RR 0.39, 95% CI 0.18, 0.84; P = 0.02). None of these four studies individually show a statistical significant benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis. Furthermore, narrative analysis of the studies eligible for meta-analysis reveals clinical heterogeneity regarding intervention and smoking.
Conclusion
Antibiotic prophylaxis in conjunction with implant placement reduced the risk for implant loss by 2%. However, the sub-analysis of the primary studies suggests that there is no benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in uncomplicated implant surgery in healthy patient.
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