Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine Bandar Abbas dentists knowledge of antibiotics prophylaxis in 2015.
Methods: This descriptive analytic cross-sectional study involved dentists in Bandar Abbas in 2015. All dentists 137 in the city were invited to take part in the study. A piloted questionnaires with 53 questions on the topics of the need for antibiotic prophylaxis and prophylaxis regimes and an explanatory note were handed out to the dentists and collected in the same day. Multi- variant regression was used for data analysis.
Results: One hundred and twenty six dentists completed the questionnaire of whom 69 (53%) were men and 57 (47%) were women. The mean age of participants was 44.9 years. Mean time spent from graduation as a dentist was 11 years. Mean score for correct answers to questions on when and why to provide antibiotic prophylaxis was 72.9 (of a maximum score 104). Sixty three dentists (50%) scored less than 63 (50%).
Conclusion: In the sample of dentists, who replied to the questionnaire, 50% showed poor knowledge of when and why to prescribe prophylactic antibiotics. If this is also true for other dentists in Iran there is a need for a national educational program on this topic.
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