A survey of prescribing practices by general dentists in Australia

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Logistic regression to identify independent demographic factors that affect appropriate antibiotic prescribing

Question	Demographic factor	Subgroup	P	OR	CI (95%)	Variance
Q4. PN/AAP/no swelling/mild-moderate symptoms	Years of practising	0 to 5	0.005	2.79	1.36–5.74	8.6
Q9. PN/AAP, prescribe antibiotics routinely after RCT	Years of practising	0 to 5	0.002	7.77	2.11–28.61	9.1
		6 to 10	0.044	2.53	1.02–6.25
Q10. Alveolar osteitis (dry socket)	Years of practising	0 to 5	0.001	4.82	1.96–11.86	13.3
Q11. Re-implantation of avulsed teeth	Years of practising	0 to 5	0.002	0.23	0.09–0.58	6.9
		6 to 10	0.033	0.42	0.19–0.93
Q14. Patient’s request for antibiotics	Years of practising	6 to 10	0.007	0.23	0.08–0.67	9.7
		21 to 30	0.011	0.29	0.11–0.75
Q15. Inability to come to a definitive diagnosis	Years of practising	11 to 20	0.02	0.44	0.22–0.88	9
		21 to 30	0.039	0.45	0.21–0.96
	Victoria/Queensland	Victoria	0.017	0.58	0.37–0.90
	Urban/Rural	Rural	0.012	2.59	1.24–5.42

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