Effect of preoperative antibiotic use on the implant success rate: a retrospective cohort study of cefixime and ornidazole in China
Antibiotic prophylaxis using ornidazole in conjunction with cefixime in implant surgery may not have clinical benefits but significantly increases adverse events. Therefore, the necessity of prophylactic antibiotic use in healthy patients before implant surgeries needs to be reconsidered.
Authors
- Xuan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1603-2536)
- Hanjun Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-5005)
- Ming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7204-5791)
- Jing Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-8341)
- Angang Lou
Institutions
- Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (China) (CN)
- Jinan Stomatological Hospital (CN)
- Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Oral Health
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-06853-y
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Hunan University
- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine