Dear Editor
Keywords:
antibiotics, antimicrobialAbstract
I refer to your editorial in the SADJ April 2022 77(3), and wish to highlight the need of the dental profession to take heed of rising antimicrobial resistance rates, and to focus on modifying their prescribing practices in an effort to mitigate this global crisis.
To understand and contribute to antibiotic stewardship, it is important that dental practitioners, including dental students, have the necessary knowledge of correct antibiotic prescribing guidelines and antimicrobial resistance. The overuse and misuse of antibiotics have contributed to the rise of antimicrobial resistance worldwide, with dentistry playing a part in the rise of antimicrobial resistance globally.
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