Pre-operative clindamycin may not reduce implant failure or complications after dental surgery

Oral implants are considered a predictable and safe treatment modality for the rehabilitation of missing teeth. However, there are reports on oral implant failure and one of main reasons for this is postoperative infections. The bacterial contamination of the implant bed during surgery are a significant cause of early implant failure, as well as being associated with late implant failure.

Pre-operative clindamycin administration during dental implant surgery in healthy adults may not reduce implant failure or post-surgical complications suggests a Prospective randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial.

The findings of the clinical trial have been published in the Evidence-Based Dentistry.

Clindamycin is a lincosamide type of antibiotic that's used to treat a variety of bacterial infections, including dental infection. It is usually given through oral route.