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 24 hours · 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 24 hours compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and…; GRADE not reported.
2 findings from 1 review
- Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults 2024 · Cochrane All outcomes24 hoursMD -0.32 [-0.85, 0.21]1 study · 41 participantsGRADE not reported
- Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults 2024 · Cochrane All outcomes48 hoursMD 0.09 [-0.44, 0.62]1 study · 41 participantsGRADE not reported