Inappropriate use of antibiotics in dentistry
Autor: | Anirudha Agnihotry, J. H. Al-Langawi, Ankur Khanna |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1015-6321 1465-1858 |
DOI: | 10.26715/jbms.p25_14 |
Popis: | Anirudha Agnihotry, BDS* Jassim Hassan Al-Langawi** Ankur Khanna, BDS****Preceptor, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, California, USA**Medical Student, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain***Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, IndiaCorrespondence: anirudha.agnihotry@gmail.comThis is a summary of a Cochrane review assessing the effectiveness of interventions to relieve acute pain caused by irreversible pulpitis. It compares the use of antibiotics and analgesics against analgesics alone.Fedorowicz Z, van Zuuren EJ, Farman AG, Agnihotry A, Al-Langawi JH. Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD004969. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004969.pub3.Pulpitis is inflammation of the pulp tissue of the tooth. The precise symptoms for irreversible pulpitis vary but usually the patient presents with a history of spontaneous pain, aggravated by hot or cold stimulus, which lingers more than 30 seconds after stimulus is removed. |
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