Open AccessAntibiotics in third molar extraction; are they really necessary: A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Ankit Arora,
Ajoy Roychoudhury,
Ongkila Bhutia,
Sandeep Pandey,
Surender Singh,
Biswadeep Das
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.154821
Subject(s) - medicine , amoxicillin , trismus , molar , randomized controlled trial , clavulanic acid , placebo , dry socket , dentistry , surgery , antibiotics , exact test , antibiotic prophylaxis , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antibiotic resistance is now a serious problem, although it was not so only a few years ago. The need of the hour is to give clear evidence of the efficacy of antibiotic use, or lack thereof, to the surgeon for a procedure as common as mandibular third molar surgery.