18/11/2025
BAOS is one of 23 national dental organisations who have come together to support the WAAW 2025 theme of “Act now: protect of present, secure our future”
Useful resources for dental antibiotic prescribing include:
* Dental antimicrobial stewardship toolkit, https://api.ripl.com/s/bgyu48
* Keep Antimicrobial Working educational website, https://api.ripl.com/s/d7p3v1
* Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) Dental Stewardship Steering Group (DSSG) website, https://api.ripl.com/s/u4j7pk
Dentists prescribe approximately 10% of antimicrobials in the UK and Ireland, and
there is evidence of increasing rates of reported resistance to many antimicrobials in
head and neck infections.
Be mindful before prescribing! Think what active treatment can be provided instead, and only use antibiotics when necessary!