Antibiotic Resistance-as a Threat to the Future and its Role in Dentistry Parthasarathy Shruthi1,*, Thirugnanamurthy Sarumathi2, Amudhan A.2, Hemalatha V.T.3, Manigandan T.2 1Post Graduate, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai 2Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai 3Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai *Corresponding Author, Shruthi Parthasarathy, Post Graduate, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, e-mail: drshruthi185@gmail.com
Online published on 31 March, 2020. Abstract The prescription of antibiotics is reaching its peak day by day in all specialities. This is causing antibiotic resistance in many bacteria along with evolution of newer multiple drug resistant strains of bacteria. If this situation continues then we would tend to ‘lose battle against the bugs’. Dentistry is a speciality commonly prescribing antibiotics all over the world. Lack of proper knowledge and lethargic attitude of many dentists contribute largely to the increasing antibiotic resistance among patients. Top Keywords Antibiotics, Bacterial resistance, dentistry. Top |