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Using Adjunctive Antibiotics

Mar 1, 2021 | Practice Resources

Recently Dianne Glasscoe Watterson, MBA, RDH responded to a question in RDH magazine that we would like to share with you.   Regarding the use of adjunctive antibiotics for periodontal infections.    Using our 11-microbes bacterial testing we will provide the doctor with a suggested antibiotic if necessary.    We know that periodontal is an infection and some infections need an adjunctive antibiotics.

Please see the attached article along with a position paper from the AAP.   Bacterial testing is a supportive tool when deciding when and what antibiotic to place a patient on for a periodontal infection.

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Position Paper: Systemic Antibiotics in Periodontics – PubMed

 

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