Hannah Lishman, Erica Chuag - Dental Antibiotic Use in British Columbia 1996–2023: Are We Backsliding?

This study explores dental antibiotic prescribing trends in BC. The data includes all community antibiotic prescriptions in BC during 1996–2023. Prescribing trends were stratified by patient characteristics, health service area, antibiotic class, duration, and dentist’s experience. Interrupted time series regression explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental prescribing. Dentistry accounted for an increasing proportion of overall antibiotic use. Dental prescriptions increased to a peak rate during the pandemic and remained elevated into 2023. This study shows how a decreasing trend in dental prescribing pre-pandemic has been interrupted by continuously high rates thereafter.

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10/29/2024 6:50:00 PM