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Nassif N, Noueiri B. Antibiotic Prescription for Dental Procedures in Type 1 Diabetic Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2023; 16 (1):60-63.
In diabetic patients, maintaining blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible is an objective in dental management especially in pediatric ones. Patients with poorly controlled diabetes are at greater risk of developing infections. Therefore, the prescription of antibiotics may be necessary for some dental procedures.
Aim: The aim is to optimize the benefit and minimize the risk of antibiotics in dental treatments performed in diabetic children.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional approach was conducted on 155 type 1 diabetic children (72 controlled and 83 uncontrolled). The types of dental acts held for the study were pulpotomies, pulpectomies, pediatric crowns, scaling, and extraction. For the balanced diabetic patients, no antibiotics were prescribed except for infected teeth. In the unbalanced diabetic group, for the acts causing bleeding, prophylactic antibiotics were administered. In presence of dental infection, antibiotics were administered for at least 5 days.
Results: The analysis of data was carried out using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Computer Software (SPSS 21.0, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA). A probability value of <0.05 was regarded as statistically significant. Around 126 acts in the balanced group and 145 in the unbalanced ones were performed. In balanced diabetic children, 125 successes and one failure were noted. In the unbalanced group, 142 successes and three failures were recorded. The comparison between variables did not show any statistical significance (p-value = 0.382).
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that working with diabetic young patients is possible and safe as long as some measures are considered. It is crucial to identify the dental acts that necessitate antibiotics administration and to differentiate between balanced and unbalanced diabetic children for the same dental procedure.
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