Antibiotics to prevent complications following tooth extractions

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lodi, Giovanni ^a   Figini, Lara ^b   Sardella, Andrea ^a   Carrassi, Antonio ^a   Del Fabbro, Massimo ^a   Furness, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Cochrane Oral Health Group ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; TINIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); META ANALYSIS; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRY SOCKET; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 84872184137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003811.pub2     Document Type: Review

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