Inappropriate Dental Antibiotic Prescriptions: Potential Driver of the Antimicrobial Resistance in Albaha Region, Saudi Arabia

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Table 1 Summary of the Dental Consultations Characteristics

Characteristics	n	%
Patient’s Age (Years)
Children < 10	3327	7.7
Children between 11 and 17	5391	12.5
18 to 30	17,626	40.7
31 to 40	7685	17.8
41 to 50	4045	9.4
51 to 60	2807	6.5
61 to 70	1707	3.9
>71	667	1.5
Patient’s Gender
Male	16,673	38.5
Female	26,582	61.5
Dentist’s Specialty
Endodontics	14,027	32.4
Operative Dentistry	3256	7.5
Oral Medicine	7439	17.2
Oral Surgery	4762	11.0
Orthodontics	3021	7.0
Pediatric Dentistry	3805	8.8
Periodontics	2846	6.6
Prosthodontics	4099	9.5
Diagnosis
Acute Apical Abscess	19,502	45.1
Chronic Apical Abscess	2991	6.9
Dental Caries	801	1.9
Extraction	725	1.7
Gingivitis	4167	9.6
Irreversible Pulpitis	344	0.8
Oral Surgery	36	0.1
Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis	4121	9.5
Pericoronitis	386	0.9
Periodontitis	593	1.4
Preapical Cyst	2567	5.9
Pulpal Necrosis	172	0.4
Reversible Pulpitis	855	2.0
Not mentioned (others)	5995	13.9
Antibiotic Prescribed
No antibiotic prescribed	30,682	70.9
Amoxicillin	7080	16.4
Amoxicillin + Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	32	0.1
Amoxicillin + Metronidazole	2128	4.9
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	1392	3.23
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid + Metronidazole	1460	3.4
Cephalosporin	297	0.7
Metronidazole	184	0.4

Table 2 Summary of Dosage and Duration of Antibiotic Prescribed

Antibiotic Prescribed	Adult’s Dosage	Child’s Dosage	Duration
Amoxicillin	500 mg	250mg/5mL	5 to 7 Days
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	625 mg	156mg/5mL	5 to 7 Days
Metronidazole	500 mg	125mg/5mL	5 to 7 Days
Cephalosporin	500 mg	250mg/5mL	5 to 7 Days

Figure 1 Association between dentist’s specialty and frequency of prescribing antibiotics.

Figure 2 Participants’ age and frequency of prescribing antibiotics.

Figure 3 Association between patients’ diagnoses and frequency of prescribing antibiotics.