Antibiotics

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Patients reporting Penicillin allergy less likely to have successful dental implants

Dental implants are more than twice as likely to fail in people who report an allergy to penicillin and are given alternative antibiotics, compared to...

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Antibacterial bioactive glass doubles down on microbial resistance to antibiotics

Infections linked to medical devices such as catheters, dental implants, orthopaedics and wound dressings could be dramatically reduced using a simple...

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Less antibiotic use in dentistry gave no increase in endocarditis, study finds

Sweden is one of the few countries that have removed the dental health recommendation to give prophylactic antibiotics to people at a higher risk of...

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Millions are dying from antimicrobial resistance, according to a new report

The Lancet recently published an estimate of the number of deaths caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which was based on an analysis of 204...

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NHS dentistry and oral health update: dentistry and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

They write, “Every corner of our health system depends on antibiotics but the increasingly alarming issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - and its...

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Dental nurses urged to support European Antibiotic Awareness Day

A mass social media campaign is encouraging dental teams to reduce dental infections and the need for antibiotics in children as well as promote...