Indications for Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Dentoalveolar Procedures

Chad Dammling; Evan M Gilmartin; Shelly Abramowicz; Brian Kinard

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2023.07.004

Indications for Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Dentoalveolar Procedures

Dent Clin North Am. 2024 Jan;68(1):99-111. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.07.004. Epub 2023 Sep 16.

Authors

Chad Dammling¹, Evan M Gilmartin², Shelly Abramowicz³, Brian Kinard⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1919 7th Avenue South- Room 406, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. Electronic address: Dammling@gmail.com.
² School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1919 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
³ Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, 1365 Clifton Road, Building B, Suite 2300, Atlanta 30322, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1919 7th Avenue South- Room 406, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.

PMID: 37951640
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.07.004

Abstract

Antibiotic prophylaxis is the use of antibiotics perioperatively to prevent infections at the surgical site or distant locations. The decision to provide prophylaxis must balance risks of antibiotic resistance, adverse drug reactions, and increased health care costs with the benefit of decreasing infection. This determination has been studied extensively in patients with specific cardiac conditions and prosthetic joints. Prophylactic antibiotics in healthy patients have been shown to reduce the frequency of alveolar osteitis and decrease the failure rates of dental implants.

Keywords: Antibiotic; Dentoalveolar; Maxillofacial surgery; Prophylaxis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Antibiotic Prophylaxis / adverse effects
Antibiotic Prophylaxis / methods
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / drug therapy
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / etiology
Heart Diseases*
Humans

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents