Clinico-statistical survey of oral antimicrobial prophylaxis and surgical site infection regarding ordinary tooth extraction and mandibular wisdom tooth extraction in the dental outpatient clinic.

Introduction: We investigated the use of oral antibiotics (OA) and surgical site infection (SSI) related to extractions of ordinary teeth and mandibular wisdom teeth in a dental outpatient clinic from January 2015 to December 2019.

Methods: The following information were surveyed: (1) presence/absence of OA, (2) timing, (3) type, (4) administration period, and (5) SSI rates.

Results: The use of OA during ordinary tooth extraction decreased from 68.