Efficacy of penicillin for dental pain without overt infection

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1268-1271

  Runyon, Michael S ^a   Brennan, Michael T ^a   Batts, Jayne J ^a   Glaser, Theodore E ^a   Fox, Philip C ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Kent, M Louise ^a   Cox, Timothy L ^a   Lockhart, Peter B ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; dental; facial pain; focal infection; penicillins

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DENTAL CARE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTHACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644265324     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.034     Document Type: Article

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