Efficacy of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in preventing infectious and inflammatory complications following impacted mandibular third molar extraction

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Arteagoitia, Iciar ^a   Diez, Antonia ^c   Barbier, Luis ^a,b   Santamaría, Gorka ^a   Santamaría, Joseba ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c Universidad del País Vasco ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DIFLUNISAL; DIPYRONE MAGNESIUM; GEMINIS; METRONIDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 20444479030     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.03.025     Document Type: Article

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