Antibiotics Used for Infected-Dental Implants

Dental-implant procedures involve many steps until completion. Numerous office visits and procedures are needed to ensure that the implant is successful from start to finish. Infection can be a huge setback in dental implants, which makes the use of antibiotics a necessary practice to help prevent or control infection.

Facts

• According to dentalsummaries.com the use of aseptic protocols---along with patient selection and good surgical techniques---are all important factors during implant surgeries. These factors help lower postoperative infections that may possibly tamper with the outcome of the implant. Factors such as timing, dosage, and choice of antibiotic are important in making sure the antibiotic works properly. According to dentalsummaries.com---antibiotics and antimicrobial rinses are the most frequently-used methods of disinfection after surgery.

Examples

• An example of an antimicrobial rinse is .12% Chlorhexidine Gluconate. According to dentalsummaries.com it is commonly chosen as the proper choice when a patient is healing from oral surgery. CG is bactericidal resulting in lysis. Lysis, as defined by Merriam-webster.com is the gradual decline of a disease process. According to Dentalsummaries.com---CG is slowly released from the oral tissues.

Studies

• According to Dentalsummaries.com--- studies have shown that failure rate of an implant is affected by using preoperative antibiotics. Failure rates were at 4.6 percent with the use of preoperative antibiotics, whereas failure rate without was 10 percent. Dentalsummaries.com lists the disadvantages of using antibiotics on a regular basis as having side effects like nausea, eventual resistance of bacteria, secondary infrections, toxicity of antibiotics, and allergic reactions.

Types

• All prophylactic antibiotics have different properties; each one has specific pros and cons. Dentalsummaries.com lists numerous prophylactic antibiotics. An example of a few are penicillin V; which is absorbed in thirty minutes, but only lasts for about four hours. Another example is amoxicillin, which absorbs better than penicillin V and has low-toxicity levels. Erythromycin absorbs well, is not altered by food and has low-toxicity levels. Although it has all of these positive qualities, erythromycin tends to cause nausea, and is used mainly on patients who are allergic to Penicillin.

Categories

• Prophylactic protocols come in five categories. According to dentalsummaries.com the use of these protocols is a large factor in preventing infection. Category one is a low risk of infection. Category two is moderate risk of infection. Category three is a moderate-to-high risk of infection, and category four is a high risk of infection. Category five is the most severe, and is high risk all around.