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3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Periodontology

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Postoperative systemic antibiotics (phenoxymethylpenicillin/penicillin VK, 7-day course), partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and analgesics vs Matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and analgesics

Pain at 7 days · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)

It is very uncertain whether postoperative systemic antibiotics… changes pain at 7 days compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and… (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Postoperative systemic antibiotics (phenoxymethylpenicillin/penicillin VK, 7-day course), partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and analgesics vs Matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and analgesics

Percussion pain at 7 days · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)

Postoperative systemic antibiotics… showed no clear difference in percussion pain at 7 days compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and…; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Single preoperative dose of systemic antibiotics (clindamycin 600 mg), total chemo-mechanical debridement and root filling vs Matched placebo, total chemo-mechanical debridement and root filling

Pain at 7 days · Adults with symptomatic apical periodontitis (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
1 finding from 1 review