Friday 31 May 2019

Most preventive antibiotics prescribed by dentists are unnecessary

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and published in JAMA Network Open has found that 81% of antibiotics prescribed by dentists—who are among the top prescribers in the U.S., accounting for about 10% of all antibiotic prescriptions—to prevent infections prior to dental visits are unnecessary.

* This article was originally published here