A Comparison of Pre-Emptive Co-Amoxiclav, Postoperative Amoxicillin, and Metronidazole for Prevention of Postoperative Complications in Dentoalveolar Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Giath Gazal, Khalid H. Al-Samadani, Hamdi Mohammed Alsaidalani, Ghofran Ali Karbouji and Abdullah Mohammed Alharbi
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Giath Gazal: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Khalid H. Al-Samadani: Department of Restorative Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Hamdi Mohammed Alsaidalani: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Ghofran Ali Karbouji: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Mohammed Alharbi: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-11

Abstract: Objective: To compare the effectiveness of different oral antibiotics for prevention of dry socket and infection in adults following the surgical extraction of teeth under LA. Methods: This randomized controlled study was conducted from 10 September 2020 until 10 May 2021. Forty-six patients were randomly allocated to three groups. Sixteen patients were in the postoperative co-amoxiclav (625 mg) group, fifteen in the preoperative co-amoxiclav (625 mg) plus postoperative metronidazole (500 mg) group and fifteen in the preoperative co-amoxiclav (625 mg) plus postoperative amoxicillin (500 mg) group. Evaluation of the postoperative signs of alveolar osteitis and infection was made by a dental surgeon five days postoperatively. Evaluation of the post-surgical extraction pain was made by patients immediately and five days postoperatively on standard 100 mm visual analogue scales (VAS). Furthermore, difficulty of surgery was recorded for all patients immediately postoperatively using (VAS). Results: all antibiotics used in this study were effective. Only 15% of patients had painful alveolar osteitis and 2% had oral infections. There was no significant decrease in the number of patients with severe alveolar osteitis or infection for co-amoxiclav plus metronidazole and co-amoxiclav plus amoxicillin groups compared to co-amoxiclav group at 5 days post-operation ( p -values: 0.715, 0.819 & 0.309). Clinically, metronidazole was more effective in protecting the extracted tooth socket from alveolar osteitis compared to co-amoxiclav and amoxicillin. Moreover, there were significant decreases in mean pain scores at 5 days post-operation compared with the levels of pain immediately after surgery ( p -value: 0.001). Conclusions: Administration of a single preoperative dose of co-amoxiclav with a full postoperative dose of amoxicillin or metronidazole was more effective than conventional treatment with postoperative co-amoxilcalv in reducing the incidence of both alveolar osteitis and infection after surgical extractions. However, these differences were not statistically significant. Interestingly, patients in metronidazole group had the lowest incidence of dry socket.

Keywords: surgical dental extraction; dry socket; oral antibiotics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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