Efficacy of antibiotic therapy in impacted third molar surgery

Dimova, Cena and Papakoca, Kiro and Zlatanovska, Katerina and Radeska, Ana and Zarkova, Julija (2015) Efficacy of antibiotic therapy in impacted third molar surgery. In: New interdisciplinary approaches in oral and general rehabilitation: 20th Congress of the Balkan Stomatological Society, 23-26 April 2015, Bucharest, Romania.

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Abstract

The use of routine antibiotic therapy in patients undergoing surgical third molar extraction is controversial. The efficacy of antibiotic therapy in preventing postoperative complications following surgical third molar extractions was evaluated in 80 patients. In the test group (45 patients), the protocol utilized a regimen of 2 g of amoxicillin orally daily for 5 d postoperatively, starting at the completion of surgery. In the control group (35 patients), no antibiotic therapy was given. No significant difference was found between the test group and the control group in the incidence of postoperative sequelae, i.e. fever, pain, swelling and alveolar osteitis. A statistically significant association between smoking, habitual drinking and increased postoperative pain and fever was found. Patient age > or = 18 yr was positively correlated with an increased incidence of alveolar osteitis. Swelling was found to be gender-related, in that female patients experienced more swelling than male patients. No correlation was found between the time required for surgery or difficulty of extraction and post-operative pain. In conclusion, no difference was found between patients receiving postoperative amoxicillin and the control group in the incidence of postoperative sequelae

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Additional Information: Volume of Abstracts / ed.: Norina Consuela Forna. - Iaşi : Editura Gr.T. Popa, 2015
Subjects: Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine
Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine
Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences
Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User: Cena Dimova
Date Deposited: 04 May 2015 08:53
Last Modified: 04 May 2015 08:53
URI: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/13110

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