THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE PREFERENCE IN DENTISTRY: ANTIBIOTICS, ANALGESICS AND ANTISEPTICS ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Vol-4 No.4 As i a n J o ur n a l o f Me d i c al S ci en c e, V o l u m e - 4( 2 0 1 3 ) 1
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Paudel KR, Pokhrel P, Shrestha A, Raghubanshi BR, Raut B. Department of Pharmacology, Kathmandu Medical College and 2 3 Teaching Hospital Department of Oral Surgery, Kantipur Dental College Department of Microbiology, Kist Medical College
ABSTRACT CORRESPONDENCE:
Dr Keshab Raj Paudel, Department of Pharmacology, Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital,
[email protected]; Phone: +977-9751024853
''Amoxicillin, ibuprofen and chlorhexidine have the higher prescription rates in dentistry.''
Objective: Present study was aimed to find out the commonest medicines used in dentistry as preferred by dental practitioners in Nepal. Materials and Methods: Seventy pre-structured questionnaires were distributed to the dental practitioners. Questionnaire was designed to evaluate the use of the antimicrobial, analgesic and antiseptic agents. A total of three open ended questions were included in each questionnaire to know the preference of dental practitioners for different medicines used in dentistry. Yates corrected Chi square test was used wherever applicable and level of significance was set at 5%. Results: Amoxicillin (89.4%, P
