How do medications affect your oral health?

Perhaps not everyone knows it, but drugs can also affect oral health, so it is important that they are prescribed by a health professional. Self-medication can influence general and oral health.

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The dentist must know the adverse reactions that some medications present, in order to identify them and recommend the appropriate treatment.

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Learn which medications can affect your oral health and what is the best way to prevent its consequences.

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Pain and anxiety management for pediatric dental procedures using various combinations of sedative drugs: A review

During dental care we can find pediatric patients who experience fear and anxiety during the consultation. Behavior management techniques will help us control the behavior of these types of patients.

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In special cases it is necessary to use conscious sedation. This method is proven to help minimize the infant's anxiety and fear during the dental procedure.

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The article that we share analyzes various aspects of the different types of drugs that are used for conscious sedation, their combinations, advantages and doses.

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° Gazal, Giath & Fareed, Wamiq & Zafar, Muhammad & Al Samadani, Khalid. (2015). Pain and anxiety management for pediatric dental procedures using various combinations of sedative drugs: A review. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 10.1016/j.jsps.2014.04.004.

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What are the medicines used in pediatric dentistry?

During pediatric dentistry, a series of drugs are used to control pain, inflammation and infections that the pediatric patient may present. It is important that the pediatric dentist and general dentist know the management of drugs in children.

When a drug is to be prescribed, it is important that the professional knows the drug, as well as the necessary dose to be administered, in this way we avoid bacterial resistance.

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We share with you an interesting video from the AtoZ Kidsdental channel that tells us about the drugs most used in pediatric dentistry.



This video explains why and teaches you how to do it safely using a simple 4 step method. Thanks to the RN Kid channel that offers us a very simple way to calculate the doses in children

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Pediatric dentists must adjust the dose to the child's age and weight, as well as to know the characteristics (pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics) of the drugs to be prescribed.

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The prescription of drugs in pregnant and lactating women is another of the doubts that the dentist presents, because it involves some risks that may occur in the development of the fetus.

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► Antibiotics and its use in pediatric dentistry: A review

► How To Determine a Child's Medication Dose

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► Antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric dentistry: A review

Antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric dentistry: A review

In medicine as well as in dentistry, antibiotics are used as part of infectious treatments, but it is also known that there is a tendency to overuse of this drug for conditions not indicated.

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The consequence of this indiscriminate use of antibiotics is the appearance of resistance in pediatric patients (the ability of bacteria to survive the presence of an antibiotic).

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If we add to this the mismanagement of doses in children, we are facing a serious problem, since we create more resistant bacteria, this currently forces us to adjust the doses of medications.

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The work we are sharing with you is a review that aims to highlight the clinical indications for prescribing antibiotics for orofacial infections in pediatric care.



° Goel, Dhirja & Goel, GauravKumar & Chaudhary, Seema & Jain, Deshraj. (2020). Antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric dentistry: A review. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 9. 473. 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1097_19.

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Antibiotics and its use in pediatric dentistry: A review

Antibiotics are commonly used in dentistry for prophylactic as well as for therapeutic purposes. Very often antibiotics are used in unwarranted situations, which may give rise to resistant bacterial strains.

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Good knowledge about the indications of antibiotics is the need of the hour in prescribing antibiotics for dental conditions. The purpose of this review article is to provide information on proper use of antibiotics in pediatric dental practice for control of oral infection, and in the management of children with systemic conditions which may alter disease resistance and healing response.

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Introduction: Antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed medication for the treatment as well as prevention of bacterial infection in modern medicine. Antibiotics cure disease by killing, injuring, or inhibiting the growth of bacteria at very low concentrations.

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The word antibiotic came from the word “antibiosis” a term coined in 1889 by Louis Pasteur which means a process by which life could be used to destroy life.The term antibiotic was first used in 1942 by Selman Waksman and his collaborators in journal articles to describe any substance produced by a microorganism that is antagonistic to the growth of other microorganisms in high dilution.



° Annamalai, S., & Baghkomeh, P.N. (2018). Antibiotics and its use in pediatric dentistry : A review.

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How To Determine a Child's Medication Dose

Determining the dose in pediatric patients is sometimes complicated, this happens in both medical and dental practice. In pediatric practice medication dosages are calculated based on the child’s weight making the dosages much more precise.

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All the necessary data should be taken to be able to calculate the dose in children. Many take the adult dose as a reference, but this could lead to problems such as poisoning or drug resistance.



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