FDI World Dental Federation: Prescribing of dental antibiotics up 22% in England during first year of COVID-19
Prescriptions of all other antibiotics fell during the same period After years of consecutive decline, the rate of dental antibiotic prescribing increased by over a fifth in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Dentistry was the only part of England’s publicly-funded National Health Service to experience an increase. The steepest rise occurred when dental practices were […]