Table 4.
Antibiotic prescription according to medicine and specialist
| All tooth extractions | Single tooth extractions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clindamycin | amoxi/clava | others | clindamycin | amoxi/clava | others | ||
| TMM-SURGEON | n (%) | 1,486 (48.7%) | 1,378 (45.2%) | 185 (6.1%) | 1,163 (49.7%) | 1,028 (44.0%) | 148 (6.3%) |
| Dentists | n (%) | 135 (17.4%) | 518 (66.8%) | 122 (15.7%) | 105 (19.1%) | 353 (64.3%) | 91 (16.6%) |
| DOC | n (%) | 37 (23.3%) | 116 (73.0%) | 6 (3.8%) | 20 (19.2%) | 80 (76.9%) | 4 (3.8%) |
| Total | n (%) | 1,658 (41.6%) | 2,012 (50.5%) | 313 (7.9%) | 1,288 (43.0%) | 1,461 (48.8%) | 243 (8.1%) |
| χ2 = 310; p < 0.001 | χ2 = 226; p < 0.001 | ||||||
aindicates significance; TMM-SURGEON Tooth/Mouth/Maxillo-surgeon, dentists dental practitioner , or DOC TMM-SURGEON/dentists in out-patient clinics, amoxi/clav, Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid