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. 2020 Feb 26;46(1):49–57. doi: 10.5125/jkaoms.2020.46.1.49

Table 4. Characteristics according to broad-spectrum antibiotic prescription after tooth extraction.

Variable Division Antibiotics P-value
Broad-spectrum Narrow-spectrum
n % n %
All 189,167 45.88 223,141 54.12
Sex Male 104,609 45.93 123,147 54.07 0.472
Female 84,558 45.82 99,994 54.18
Age (yr) 19-30 36,299 47.68 39,824 52.32 <0.001
31-40 22,601 46.16 26,362 53.84
41-50 32,452 44.90 39,826 55.10
51-60 42,614 45.39 51,274 54.61
61-70 29,511 45.83 34,876 54.17
≥71 25,690 45.33 30,979 54.67
Household income Low 31,157 46.21 36,271 53.79 0.180
Medium-low 29,962 45.87 35,363 54.13
Medium 35,719 45.85 42,181 54.15
Medium-high 41,409 45.59 49,424 54.41
High 50,920 45.95 59,902 54.05
Diabetes mellitus Yes 51,524 45.27 62,302 54.73 <0.001
No 137,643 46.11 160,839 53.89
Hypertension Yes 63,209 45.46 75,837 54.54 <0.001
No 125,958 46.09 147,304 53.91
Type of dental institution Dental hospital 23,430 59.21 16,141 40.79 <0.001
Dental clinic 165,737 44.46 207,000 55.54
Region of dental institution Urban 170,240 45.75 201,844 54.25 <0.001
Rural 18,927 47.05 21,297 52.95
Year of prescription 2011 33,733 42.33 45,966 57.67 <0.001
2012 33,184 41.84 46,127 58.16
2013 36,203 43.84 46,379 56.16
2014 41,211 48.30 44,119 51.70
2015 45,407 51.50 42,764 48.50
Type of tooth extraction Incisor extraction 21,195 44.03 26,945 55.97 <0.001
Molar extraction 119,012 44.32 149,537 55.68
Complicated extraction1 20,668 48.28 22,140 51.72
Simply impacted tooth 6,920 48.26 7,418 51.74
Complexly impacted tooth2 8,557 52.40 7,774 47.60
Completely impacted tooth3 12,815 57.88 9,327 42.12

1Cases where simple extraction was not possible due to root hypertrophy, root dilacerations, or osseointegration.

2Cases involving tooth splitting.

3Simultaneous tooth splitting and ostectomy of impacted tooth with ≥2/3 of crown impacted into alveolar bone.

P-value calculated using t-test and chi-squared test.