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Table 7 The relationship between antibiotic prescribing habits and the titles of the clinicians.

From: Antibiotic prescribing habits of the clinicians dealing with dental implant surgery in Turkey: a questionnaire study

 

Dentist

n(%)

Postgraduate student

n(%)

Specialist

n(%)

p

Do you prescribe PREoperative antibiotics?

 Sometimes

112 (39.4)

24 (63.2)

58 (54.2)

0.002

 Yes

111 (39.1)

9 (23.7)

23 (21.5)

 No

61 (21.5)

5 (13.2)

26 (24.3)

Do you prescribe POSToperative antibiotics?

 Sometimes

42 (15.1)

3 (7.9)

15 (14)

0.671

 Yes

221 (79.2)

34 (89.5)

87 (81.3)

 No

16 (5.7)

1 (2.6)

5 (4.7)

In which cases do you prefer to prescribe PREoperative antibiotics?

 Multiple-implant surgery

25 (10.8)

3 (8.6)

4 (4.8)

0.014

 Every implant surgery

76 (32.7)

5 (14.3)

18 (21.4)

 Patients with systemic comorbidities

131 (56.5)

27 (77.1)

62 (73.8)