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Antibiotic resistance, antibiotic stewardship
American World Dentistry
November 13-14, 2017 San Antonio, USA
Marie T Fluent
OSAP, USA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Dentistry
Abstract:
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have given rise to bacteria fully adapted to the antibiotics designed to kill them. Antibiotic resistance is now a real and serious global health threat. This lecture describes how antibiotic resistance occurs and discusses the crucial need for a proper antibiotic stewardship program in the dentistry. Dentist�??s knowledge and behaviors regarding antibiotic use will be addressed, challenges faced and clinical tips for responsible antibiotic prescribing will be discussed. Course outlines are: Threat of antibiotic resistance; modern medicine at risk, CDC antibiotic resistance report, the human toll of antibiotic resistance, driving factors of antibiotic resistance, a new approach to combatting resistance, get smart: know when antibiotics work and current prescribing patterns.