Justin Rust

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Study: Dental specialists prescribe millions of antibiotics

Dentists and other dental specialists wrote about 9 million antibiotic prescriptions to patients during a three-year period despite growing concerns of antibiotic resistance, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.


Read more on DrBicuspid.com


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