1. Current Concepts in Prophylactic Antibiotics in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Author
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Chad Dammling, Shelly Abramowicz, and Brian E Kinard
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,business.industry ,Joint Prosthesis ,Antibiotics ,Head and neck cancer ,Perioperative ,Antibiotic Prophylaxis ,medicine.disease ,Surgery, Oral ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Infective endocarditis ,Surgical site ,medicine ,Oral and maxillofacial surgery ,Humans ,Surgical Wound Infection ,Antimicrobial stewardship ,Surgery ,Oral Surgery ,Antibiotic prophylaxis ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Abstract
Antibiotic prophylaxis is the use of antibiotics in the perioperative period to prevent surgical site infections from local flora. Specific guidelines and criteria exist to prevent these infections while also practicing antimicrobial stewardship. Most dentoalveolar procedures do not require antibiotic prophylaxis. For nondentoalveolar procedures, the decision to provide antibiotic prophylaxis is based on involvement of the respiratory, oral, or pharyngeal mucosa. Special considerations exist for patients at high risk for infective endocarditis, patients with head and neck cancer, and temporomandibular joint replacement procedures. This article discusses indications for antibiotic prophylaxis during oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures.
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- 2022