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Table 6 Antibiotic prescription according to type of tooth extraction

From: Antibiotic prescription after tooth extraction in adults: a retrospective cohort study in Austria

 

Patients without antibiotic treatment

Patients with antibiotic treatment

ODDS ratio

OR ratioa

Simple tooth extraction

incisors

2,755

79

0.029

1

canines

1,286

42

0.033

1.14

premolar

4,397

258

0.059

2.02

1st and 2nd molars

5,344

365

0.068

2.36

3rd molars

4,116

150

0.036

1.26

Retained tooth extraction

incisors

1

0

-

-

canines

5

3

-

-

premolar

11

3

-

-

1st and 2nd molars

4

1

-

-

3rd molars

1,010

411

0.407

14.03

Surgical tooth extraction

incisors

603

47

0.078

2.69

canines

741

57

0.077

2.65

premolar

2,652

287

0.108

3.73

1st and 2nd molars

6,290

921

0.146

5.05

3rd molars

2,230

368

0.165

5.69

  1. avs. extracted incisors, number/cell > 10