Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures
Abstract Background Prescribing medicine is integral to clinical dentistry. Infective endocarditis may be rare but fatal if left untreated. As a result, judicious prescribing of antibiotics should be implemented due to potential. To our knowledge, no Australian study has examined dental students...
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| author | Charn Thanissorn Joon Soo Park Kate N. Wang Marc Tennant Amy T. Page Estie Kruger |
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| description | Abstract Background Prescribing medicine is integral to clinical dentistry. Infective endocarditis may be rare but fatal if left untreated. As a result, judicious prescribing of antibiotics should be implemented due to potential. To our knowledge, no Australian study has examined dental students' knowledge and perceptions about antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures. Methods Australian dental students were invited to undertake the survey comprising case vignettes to investigate their medication knowledge. A total of 117 responses were received. The questions were 12 clinically relevant questions and three perception-based questions. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics as well as the chi-squared test. Results The 117 respondents had a mean correct response of 7.34 ± 2.64 (range 3–12 out of 12). Out of 117 students, 89 (76%) answered more than half of the questions correctly. Only three students (3%) answered all the questions correctly. Nearly two-thirds felt that they knew about antibiotic prophylaxis used for dental procedures. Conclusion Most respondents answered more than half, but not all, of the clinical questions correctly. It is crucial to highlight that dental student may never receive any more training on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) at any point in their future careers. It may be ideal that this issue is addressed at the dental school. One way to target this is to potentially nationalised teaching delivery of dental AMS across Australia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76f0f04516144e92a316562bb4cfdc442022-12-25T12:32:30ZengBMCBMC Oral Health1472-68312022-12-012211710.1186/s12903-022-02660-xAustralian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental proceduresCharn Thanissorn0Joon Soo Park1Kate N. Wang2Marc Tennant3Amy T. Page4Estie Kruger5International Research Collaborative - Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western AustraliaInternational Research Collaborative - Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western AustraliaSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT UniversityInternational Research Collaborative - Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western AustraliaSchool of Allied Health, University of Western AustraliaInternational Research Collaborative - Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western AustraliaAbstract Background Prescribing medicine is integral to clinical dentistry. Infective endocarditis may be rare but fatal if left untreated. As a result, judicious prescribing of antibiotics should be implemented due to potential. To our knowledge, no Australian study has examined dental students' knowledge and perceptions about antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures. Methods Australian dental students were invited to undertake the survey comprising case vignettes to investigate their medication knowledge. A total of 117 responses were received. The questions were 12 clinically relevant questions and three perception-based questions. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics as well as the chi-squared test. Results The 117 respondents had a mean correct response of 7.34 ± 2.64 (range 3–12 out of 12). Out of 117 students, 89 (76%) answered more than half of the questions correctly. Only three students (3%) answered all the questions correctly. Nearly two-thirds felt that they knew about antibiotic prophylaxis used for dental procedures. Conclusion Most respondents answered more than half, but not all, of the clinical questions correctly. It is crucial to highlight that dental student may never receive any more training on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) at any point in their future careers. It may be ideal that this issue is addressed at the dental school. One way to target this is to potentially nationalised teaching delivery of dental AMS across Australia.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02660-xDental studentsCompetencePharmacotherapyPrescribingAntibiotic prophylaxis |
| spellingShingle | Charn Thanissorn Joon Soo Park Kate N. Wang Marc Tennant Amy T. Page Estie Kruger Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures BMC Oral Health Dental students Competence Pharmacotherapy Prescribing Antibiotic prophylaxis |
| title | Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures |
| title_full | Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures |
| title_fullStr | Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures |
| title_short | Australian dental students’ knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures |
| title_sort | australian dental students knowledge on antibiotics prophylaxis for dental procedures |
| topic | Dental students Competence Pharmacotherapy Prescribing Antibiotic prophylaxis |
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