Appointment of pharmacotherapeutic drugs and oral care products in the practice of dentists: an analytical survey of dentists for 2017–2018

Abstract

Due to the fact that the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine is replenished with new pharmaceuticals every year, there is a need for monitoring medicinal prescriptions. This article presents a comparative analysis of prescribing medicines by dentists for the period 2017-2018 and an assessment of prescribing medicines for various pharmaceutical groups has been carried out. Surveys of dentists were conducted by the Ukrainian Rating Association, the public organization «Ukrainian Dental Association» and MedExpert at various scientific and practical events during which dentists completed a questionnaire.

A survey and optical microscopy in pilot comparative analysis of generic and original nimesulide granules

“…This can be done through scientific publications, specialized associations and continuous post-graduate education. Secondly, regardless of the fact that various NSAIDs, both original and generic, are available on the Ukrainian market, according to the survey, respondents prefer NSAIDs with nimesulide as the active ingredient in the dental anti-inflammatory therapy, which is in line with the findings of other studies [ 31 , 32 ]. Among commercially available nimesulide drugs, dentists definitely prefer the original NA drug, which also complies with other scientists’ findings [ 31 , 32 ], and not only in stomatology but also in general medical practice [ 33 ].…”

“…Secondly, regardless of the fact that various NSAIDs, both original and generic, are available on the Ukrainian market, according to the survey, respondents prefer NSAIDs with nimesulide as the active ingredient in the dental anti-inflammatory therapy, which is in line with the findings of other studies [ 31 , 32 ]. Among commercially available nimesulide drugs, dentists definitely prefer the original NA drug, which also complies with other scientists’ findings [ 31 , 32 ], and not only in stomatology but also in general medical practice [ 33 ]. Thirdly, dentists-respondents do not trust generic NSAIDs pointing to a number of reasons for distrust in their surveys: low clinical efficacy reduced onset of action, reduced duration of effect and a high percentage of side effects.…”

“…Taking into account the not rare results of scientific studies that prove the lower effectiveness of generic drugs, we planned and conducted a pilot survey of dentists to determine the peculiarities of using the NSAIDs in their dental practice. One of tasks was to clarify the satisfaction of dentists with the results of prescribed generic NSAIDs to their patients, including nimesulide granules (the leader of prescriptions by dentists in Ukraine in 2017, 2018) [ 31 ]. Discussion of the results of the pilot survey of dentists considers that we used such a sampling method as Convenience sampling, which does not allow scientific generalization of the results of the survey of all enrolled respondents to the entire population of dentists in Ukraine.…”

Analysis of Hard Tissue Density Indicators of Permanent Teeth With Different Localization

“…We also conducted pairwise comparisons of enamel, dentin, and cementum density indicators of teeth from different quadrants. In pairwise comparisons of the examined teeth groups, a significant difference in enamel mineral density was found only between the groups of teeth from the first (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and second (21-27) quadrants (p<0.005), first (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and third (31-37) quadrants (p<0.05), second (21-27) and fourth (41-47) quadrants (p<0.05), third (31-37) and fourth (41-47) quadrants (p<0.05). No significant differences in enamel density indicators were found between the groups of teeth from the second (21-27) and third (31-37) quadrants, as well as the first (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and fourth (41-47) quadrants (figure 2).…”

“…In pairwise comparisons of tooth groups from different quadrants, a significant difference in dentin density indicators was found between the group of the first (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and third (31-37) quadrants (p<0.005), first (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and fourth (41-47) quadrants (p<0.005), second (21-27) and third (31-37) quadrants (p<0.05), second (21-27) and fourth (41-47) quadrants (p<0.05). No significant differences were found in pairwise comparisons of other tooth groups (figure 3).…”