Table 2.
The rate of clindamycin and amoxicillin combined with clavulanic acid use in dentistry as a proportion of its prescriptions issued in primary health care and their use in dentistry as a proportion of all antibiotics administered by dentists
| Year | Proportion of clindamycin prescriptions within the primary care in DDDs, % (prescriptions, %) | The proportion of clindamycin use in dentistry in number of prescriptions, % (consumption in DID) | The proportion of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid use within primary care in DDDs, % (prescriptions %) | The proportion of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid use in number of prescriptions in dentistry (consumption in DID) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 81.2 (86.0) | 17.9 (0.054) | 13.8 (13.5) | 23.1% (0.217) |
| 2007 | 82.0 (87.2) | 20.3 (0.065) | 13.3 (13.0) | 23.7% (0.241) |
| 2008 | 80.5 (85.2) | 22.2 (0.071) | 13.7 (13.1) | 25.8% (0.264) |
| 2009 | 80.6 (85.3) | 23.0 (0.078) | 14.4 (13.7) | 27.0% (0.291) |
| 2010 | 80.5 (84.9) | 23.5 (0.085) | 17.1 (16.1) | 29.1% (0.329) |
| 2011 | 78.4 (82.3) | 24.6 (0.089) | 17.4 (16.6) | 30.8% (0.350) |
| 2012 | 78.4 (83.0) | 25.1 (0.094) | 19.0 (18.7) | 31.4% (0.373) |
DDD, Defined daily doses; DID, defined daily doses per 1,000 insurees and day.