TY - JOUR ID - TI - Uses and Misuses of Antibiotic in Dental Practice. A Review AU - Faehaa Azher Al-Mashhadane PY - 2020 VL - 20 IS - 2 SP - 195 EP - 204 JO - Al-Rafidain Dental Journal مجلة الرافدين لطب الأسنان SN - 18121217 19980345 AB - Dental antibiotics are commonly used and abused drugs. In dentistry, antibiotic prescriptions are either therapeutic or prophylactic. They are effective against infections owing to their selective toxicity; that is, they can hurt or eradicate microorganism with no harm on the host cells. Much attention has been focused on eliminating the misuse of antibiotics since though appropriate selection of antimicrobial agent and having good knowledge about the susceptibility of the microorganism to a specific antibiotic, the position of the infection ans factors related to patients . Full understanding of the dentist responsibility in this global health problem needs to identify the causes of the antibiotics usage in dentistry. This study highlights strategy of antibiotic prescription, recognize aspects attributed to the uses and misuses of them by dental patients, and providing insights into the significance of antibiotic indications in the dental field, and promote dental practitioners to review their prescriptions of antibiotics

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