Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Agnihotry, Anirudha ^a   Fedorowicz, Zbys ^b   van Zuuren, Esther J ^c   Farman, Allan G ^d   Al Langawi, Jassim Hasan ^e  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Bahrain Branch ^*  (Bahrain)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e King Hamad University Hospital ^*  (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; HUMAN; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TOOTHACHE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENICILLINS; PULPITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 84969920260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004969.pub4     Document Type: Review

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