Antibiotic prescribing practices among Norwegian dentists

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 355-359

  Demirbas, Fahri ^a   Gjermo, Per E ^a   Preus, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Chemotherapy; Dentistry; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FATALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NORWAY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIA; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NORWAY; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33751556657     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350600844394     Document Type: Article

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