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Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis (any regimen; topical therapy excluded) administered before and/or after tooth extraction vs placebo

Infectious complications · People undergoing tooth extraction (21 of 23 trials: healthy patients undergoing impacted third molar extraction; 1 routine intra-alveolar…

Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis (any regimen; topical therapy… may leads to lower postsurgical infectious complications compared with placebo (low certainty).

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Antibiotics to prevent complications following tooth extractions 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
1st to 14th day
RR 0.34 [0.19, 0.64]
12 studies · 1728 participants
Low