Primary study · included by 1 review

Prescription of antibiotics for pulpal and periapical pathology among dentists in southern Saudi Arabia.

Alattas & Alyami 2017 · Alattas Hussien A, Alyami Saif H · Journal of global antimicrobial resistance · 2017

Included by

Over-Prescription of Antibiotics for Pulpitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Surveys.
Non-Cochrane · prevalence · 2025 · cited as Alattas 2017 · Table 4; reference 29; Figure 2
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Proportion of dentists prescribing systemic antibiotics for pulpitis
Systemic antibiotic prescribing for pulpitis vs Not applicable (single-group prevalence) · Surveys published 2015 to 2024
Pooled prevalence (%) 19.2 [10.4, 32.6]12 studies · 3189 participantsVery low

1 including review in total.