Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics by Practitioners

Antibiotics, in this world, are very much needed in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases in patients who can be infected by any bacterial or any other microbial disease. Over and under use of antibacterial agents is a global concern. It results in superfluous treatment costs, is a potential hazard for the development of antibiotic resistance and results in side effects. Dental practitioners frequently prescribe antibiotics to treat dental infections. Uses of systemic antibiotics in dentistry are confined since management of acute dental conditions is principally based upon extraction of teeth or extirpation of the pulp. However, the literature present evidence of inappropriate prescribing practices by practitioners, due to a number of elements from incomplete insight to social factor. To improve the standards of care, dentists need to keep themselves refurbished with the current patterns of antibiotic prescription and their use. It is thus essential to map local prescribing patterns of antibiotics in order to examine the need for improvement and to impede the consequences of their inappropriate prescription.