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. 2020 Jul 4;18(2):a44037. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a44037

Table 2.

Use of antibiotics and treatment by diagnosis

Diagnosis

Patients

Antibiotics n (%)

Analgesics n (%)

Local treatment n (%)

Jaw fracture

37

12 (32.4)

6 (16.2)

1 (2.7)

Maxillary sinusitis

51

9 (17.6)

14 (27.5)

8 (15.6)

Sialadenitis

61

32 (52.2)

6 (9.8)

4 (6.5)

Malocclusion

62

0 (0)

5 (8.1)

48 (77.4)

Denture sore

65

4 (6.2)

2 (3.1)

59 (90.8)

Implant complication

94

17 (18.1)

8 (8.5)

65 (69.1)

Impaired wound healing

114

35 (30.7)

26 (22.8)

64 (56.1)

Mucosa abnormalities

179

11 (6.1)

16 (8.9)

98 (54.7)

Orthodontic complication

199

2 (1.0)

3 (1.5)

188 (94.5)

Loss/damage filling

263

3 (1.1)

28 (10.6)

221 (84.0)

Loss/damage of temporary restoration

321

4 (1.2)

2 (0.6)

306 (95.3)

Follow-up treatment

328

30 (9.1)

18 (5.5)

253 (77.1)

TMD

428

12 (2.8)

139 (32.5)

20 (4.6)

Loss/damage restoration

454

5 (1.1)

6 (1.3)

392 (86.3)

Oral bleeding

477

23 (4.8)

19 (4.0)

451 (94.5)

Pericoronitis

492

200 (40.7)

143 (29.1)

439 (89.2)

Dolor post-ex

593

194 (32.7)

134 (22.6)

398 (67.1)

Soft-tissue injury

938

212 (22.6)

116 (12.4)

620 (66.1)

Pulpitis

1102

90 (8.2)

222 (20.1)

843 (76.5)

Trauma

1305

200 (15.3)

156 (12.0)

748 (57.3)

Periodontal disease

1326

279 (21.0)

304 (22.9)

1130 (85.2)

Postendodontic pain

1590

318 (20.0)

354 (22.3)

1290 (81.1)

Abscess

1911

1140 (59.7)

592 (31.0)

1517 (79.4)

Apical periodontitis

3928

1175 (29.9)

1138 (29.0)

2802 (71.3)

Other/Unknown

517

43 (8.3)

164 (31.7)

284 (54.9)