Research Article | Open Access
Vol. 6 No. 03 (2019)
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Page No.: 4358-4362 |
https://doi.org/10.18535/ijmsci/v6i3.02
Clinical pharmacy department, Collage of Pharmacy , King Saud University ,Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
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Wael Mansy
Clinical pharmacy department, Collage of Pharmacy , King Saud University ,Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Oral medicine and diagnostic science, Collage of Dentistry , King Saud University ,Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz Alwakeel
Oral medicine and diagnostic science, Collage of Dentistry , King Saud University ,Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corporation company, Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah Alwakeel
Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corporation company, Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, Collage of dentistry, King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia
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Waad Alomran
Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, Collage of dentistry, King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Introduction: Candida albicans is the most prevalent causative species of oral fungal infections. This study was designed to assess the knowledge of dentists who are practicing in a dental university hospital regarding antifungal prescriptions for the treatment of oral candidiasis in a Riyadh city, SA.
Material and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire were distributed among dentists of different specialties to assess their knowledge and attitudes toward antifungal prescription for the treatment of oral candidiasis. Statistical analysis was carried out to describe the properties of the sample in terms of frequencies and distribution while chi square test was used to compare the results between groups at level of significant P value ≤0.05 using the Statistical Packages for the Social Science (SPSS) Program.
Results: A total of 130 completed questionnaires were received. Males contributed 55.4% compared to 44.6% female counterparts. Topical antifungals were preferred by 85.4% of the participants. Topical Nystatin and oral fluconazole were the chosen antifungal agents by the dentists for the treatment of local (55.4%) and systemic (58.4%) fungal infections respectively. The challenge that was faced by most respondents (46%) is the lack of knowledge about the recommended dosage to be prescribed. Also, a significant difference in the knowledge was detected between dentists of different specialties.
Conclusion: Most dentists will start with topical antifungal agents, nystatin suspension is the first medication of choice follow by miconazole and for the systemic antifungal agents oral fluconazole is first medication of choice. As for the adjunctive therapy most participants prescribed 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash.
Keywords:
Antifungal Prescriptions, Dentist, Knowledge Assessment. Oral Candidiasis
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Abdulaziz Alwakeel,
Abdullah Alwakeel,
Waad Alomran, this is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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