periodontitis

Attitude to antibiotic therapy in dentists conducting therapeutic treatment of patients

Objective. To assess practicing dentists who treat patients conservatively attitude to antibiotic therapy in general, the degree of awareness of the rules for prescribing antibiotics, approaches to prescribing antibiotics for various dental diseases and therapeutic and preventive manipulations. Materials and Methods. The questionnaire was developed and an anonymous survey-questionnaire of 173 practical dentists conducting therapeutic reception of patients was carried out. The questionnaire included a list of diseases, therapeutic and prophylactic manipulations in which respondents consider the use of antibiotics indicated and questions to assess the respondents’ awareness of modern methods of antibiotic therapy and their views on the rules for prescribing antibiotics.

Doxycycline in the current clinical practice

This paper reviews clinical and pharmacological characteristics of doxycycline which is currently indicated for the treatment of some common sexually transmitted infections, pelvic inflammatory diseases, lower respiratory tract infections, several …