Dental Drug Information Tertiary Resources: New Initiative Project in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Objectives:The textbook of dental drug information resources is a prime reference to dental knowledge. The dental knowledge valuation is appropriate for dental care. The contemporary topic of declaring the updated information about dental medications textbooks. Methods: It is a literature review of drug information resources and tertiary resources in dental practice. Searching of PubMed/Medline dated from the 1960s to 2021s. It entailed of all types of research design including market analysis, SWOT analysis, quality management of the project, and management of any risks. The selected drug information resources list was done through resources name, medications coverage, types of publications, either manual or online or mobile applications, frequency of updating, and the publisher. Results: The total number of nominated dental tertiary drug information was more than twenty. The tertiary resources are articulated as regular textbooks or online and mobile applications. Some resources were only about dental drug information. They were a potted or in-depth information including some of the resources about disease management with importance on the specialties. Recently, there is a collection of drug information textbooks through a website. This includes choice of selection textbookbased of updated information, method of publications online and applications and cost-related issues. Conclusion: Dental drug information resources textbook was vital in the dental care. The collection of textbooks with more than one method of publication online and mobile application are highly endorsed in dental practice.

Antibiotic use and resistance: Information sources and application by dentists in Jordan

“…Fortunately, respondent dentists did not rely heavily on these resources, i.e., only 11.2% of respondents used social media routinely as a source of information. To allow for safe and effective use of antibiotics, dentists should refer to drug information resources, adopting an evidence-based approach [26]. Clinical guidelines are viewed as a resource supporting prudent antibiotic use and they help to address widespread use of antibiotics and their misuse [9].…”