Dentists wrote more than 2.3 million prescriptions last year for an antibiotic called clindamycin, whose label has carried a ...

New guidelines on antibiotic use for tooth pain and intraoral swelling have shifted the mindset about the use of antibiotics in dentistry, according to a session held on July 12 at the Illinois ...

A 53-year-old woman was treated for a rare mycotic internal carotid artery aneurysm that developed when a dental abscess-linked germ infected the artery. Our top story of the week covers the details ...

Question: A lower left-side molar was producing moderate pain. My doctor X-rayed the area and told me he would need to do a root canal. He started me on an antibiotic, and in two days the pain went ...

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Dental procedures are an overlooked source of antibiotic prescribing, which is a concern as these medications increase the risk of developing C. difficile. Antibiotics prescribed by dentists may ...

This, says Dr. Stacy Holzbauer, is why efforts to curtail antibiotic over-prescribing tend to neglect the role of dentists: "Nobody goes to their dentist when they have diarrhea." Holzbauer, a career ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Antibiotics prescribed for prophylaxis before dental visits can trigger a serious reaction in some patients that leads to a visit to the emergency department after just one or two ...