Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 210-211, September 2004

Inconclusive evidence to recommend prophylactic antibiotics to prevent complications following dental implant treatment

Medical University of South Carolina

Original Article

Esposito M, Coulthard P, Oliver R, Thomsen P, Worthington HV. Antibiotics to prevent complications following dental implant treatment (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2003. Oxford: Update Software.

Date of most recent amendment: 17 April 2003

Level of Evidence

3a

Purpose

This review tested the null hypothesis of no difference in the proportion of prosthetic failures, implant failures, postoperative infections, and adverse events of patients receiving a placebo or no antibiotic treatment.

Source of Funding

Swedish Medical Research Council (9495) SWEDEN

Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University SWEDEN

The University Dental Hospital of Manchester UK

Type of Study/Design

Systematic review

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PII: S1532-3382(04)00110-1

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2004.07.021

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 210-211, September 2004

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