Surveillance of antibiotic and analgesic use in the Oral Surgery Department of the University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo.
BACKGROUND
Because Kosovo has no reliable information on antimicrobial and analgesic use in dental practice, the survey reported here evaluated the antibiotic and analgesic prescriptions in the Oral Surgery Department of the University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo (UDCCK).


METHODS
The data of 2,442 registered patients for a 1-year period were screened and analyzed concerning antibiotic and analgesic use as per standards of rational prescription.


RESULTS
Dentistry doctors prescribed antibiotics significantly more often than analgesics. Antibiotics were prescribed in 8.11% of all cases, while only 1.35% of total prescriptions were for analgesics. The total consumption of antibiotic drugs in the UDCCK was 4.53 Defined Daily Doses [DDD]/1,000 inhabitants/day, compared with only 0.216 DDD/1,000 inhabitants/day for analgesics. From a total number of 117 patients, 32 patients received combinations of two antibiotics.


CONCLUSIONS
Pharmacotherapy analysis showed that the prescription rates of antibiotics and analgesics in the UDCCK are not rational in terms of the qualitative aspects of treatment. For the qualitative improvement of prescription of these drug groups, we recommend the implementation of treatment guidelines following rational standards.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo.
Naim R
NR
Haliti
Department of Children Dentistry, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Fehim R
FR
Haliti
Department of Oral Disease, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Ferit K
FK
Koçani
Department of Oral Surgery, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Ali A
AA
Gashi
Department of Oral Disease, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Shefqet I
SI
Mrasori
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo.
Valon I
VI
Hyseni
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo.
Samir I
SI
Bytyqi
Department of Children Dentistry, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Lumnije L
LL
Krasniqi
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo.
Ardiana F
AF
Murtezani
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo.
Shaip L
SL
Krasniqi
Anatomic Therapeutic Classification; DDD/1,000 inhabitants/day; analgesics; antibiotic; rational standards