Understanding the antibiotics prescribing pattern among dental practitioners in Benghazi, Libya – a cross-sectional survey

Dentists are reported to prescribe different types of antibiotics in oral diseases. Antibiotics over consumption by unnecessary prescriptions can lead to generation of new antibiotic resistant microbial strains.(3,4) Antibiotics overuse is becoming a growing issue that threatens the general population. The emerging of the Superbug threat and its subsequent economic waste become the focus of researchers and health professionals investigating the antibiotics prescribing pattern in dental practic