PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS DURING THE IMPLANT PROSTHETIC PHASE MAY NOT SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2024 Mar;24(1):101963. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101963. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Does the Prosthetic Phase of Dental Implants Justify the Prescription of Preventive Antibiotics in Healthy Patients? A Systematic Review. Salgado-Peralvo AO, Uribarri A, Peña-Cardelles JF, Kewalramani N, Rodríguez JLG, Velasco-Ortega E. J Oral Implantol. 2023 Feb 1;49(1):93-101.

Source of funding: The authors declared that no funding was received to support the study.

Type of study/design: Systematic review.

Keywords: Implant prosthetic phase; Postoperative infection; Prophylactic antibiotics; Second-stage implant surgery; Systematic Review.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Systematic Reviews as Topic

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents