Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Shruthi Parthasarathy ¹, Sarumathi Thirugnanamurthy ¹, A. Amudhan ¹, V. T. Hemalatha ¹, T. Manigandan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital BIHER, Chennai, IN

Abstract

The prescription of antibiotics is reaching its peak day by day in all specialities. This is causing antibiotic resistance in many bacteria along with evolution of newer multiple drug resistant strains of bacteria. If this situation continues then we would tend to ‘lose battle against the bugs’. Dentistry is a speciality commonly prescribing antibiotics all over the world. Lack of proper knowledge and lethargic attitude of many dentists contribute largely to the increasing antibiotic resistance among patients.

Keywords

Antibiotics, Bacterial Resistance, Dentistry.

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