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A clinical academic general dentist whose research is about antimicrobial stewardship, Dr Wendy Thompson is an elected member of FDI World Dental Federation’s science committee and chair of its antibiotics working group. In addition, Dr Thompson is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and an Ambassador of the College of General Dentists
Antibiotics Are Supposed To Help, Aren’t They?
Globally, dentists are responsible for around 10% of antibiotics prescribed across human healthcare. High rates of use exist with a significant gap between the guidelines and clinical practice by many dentists. It matters not just because of the joint pu lic and health and patient safety risk of antimicrobial resistance, but also other potentially fatal adverse outcomes such as C. difficile and anaphylaxis, together with less severe but nevertheless adverse outcomes such as thrush, diarrhoea and the development of childhood asthma.
FDI has developed a Pledge for national dental associations to help them identify activities to target antimicrobial resistance.
Learning objectives
- What is AMR and how can it affect you and your patients?
- How do dental teams contribute to the development and spread of AMR globally?
- How dentistry can contribute to tackling the development and spread via the FDI AMR Pledge