Prophylactic antibiotics for third molar surgery: a dissenting opinion.

摘要: The use of antibiotic therapy is well established in the treatment identified infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, and for prophylaxis cleancontaminated or contaminated surgery, prevention subacute bacterial endocarditis after intraoral procedures, patients total joint implantation, infection immunocompromised patient. However, although third molar surgery may usually be considered clean-contaminated occasionally routine undergoing such a controversial topic. It common practice oral maxillofacial to antibiotics surgery. In some offices it universal prescribe them all having removal impacted molars. A recent study Great Britain indicated more than three quarters surgeons prescribed routinely cases. timing protocol varied widely.1 Another that general practitioners also but they did so at much lower rate. 2 purpose this article review literature regarding appropriateness