Do Antibiotics Reduce the Frequency of Surgical Site Infections After Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery?

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-546

  Susarla, Srinivas M ^a   Sharaf, Basel ^b   Dodson, Thomas B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Impacted teeth; Surgical site infection; Third molars

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLAR TOOTH; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MOLAR, THIRD; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 80053591403     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2011.07.007     Document Type: Review

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