Dentists wrote more than 2.3 million prescriptions last year for an antibiotic called clindamycin, whose label has carried a ...

Maintaining good oral health helps to prevent dental infections. If you develop pain or swelling in your mouth, call a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Suda and colleagues performed a cross-sectional study of antibiotics prescribed within 7 days before a visit in ...

Prophylactic antibiotics, when given to high-risk patients before they have invasive dental procedures, are linked to a lower likelihood of infective endocarditis (IE) in the month thereafter, ...

The dental industry is continuing to prescribe large numbers of antibiotics, many of which are not necessary, according to a Feb. 24 article from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis may lower the risk of dry socket (DS) and surgical site infection (SSI) following lower third-molar (LM3) extraction, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...

Dentists, emergency room doctors and primary care physicians need to ease up on prescribing antibiotics for dental issues in patients who are otherwise healthy and have no manifestation of systemic ...

A prescription for antibiotics, the use of sedation, and even whether a dental student was involved in the procedure are just some of the factors that influence whether a prescription for opioids was ...