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. 2024 Jan 17;28(1):100. doi: 10.1007/s00784-024-05497-6

Table 2.

Share of dental prescriptions of the total amount of prescribed DDD of antibiotics (2012 to 2021)

Year Total prescriptions Medical prescriptions Dental prescriptions Dental share
DDD in M DDD in M DDD in M (of all prescriptions)
2012 372.5 338.4 34.1 9.1
2013 401.8 366.2 35.6 8.9
2014 374 339.9 34.1 9.1
2015 372.6 341.3 31.3 8.4
2016 373 337.7 35.3 9.4
2017 336.8 304.8 32.0 9.5
2018 316 286 30.0 9.5
2019 308.8 277.1 31.7 10.3
2020 244 212.1 31.9 13.1
2021 217.6 188.1 29.5 13.6

Percentage Reduction

(2012 to 2021)

41.6% 44.4% 13.5%