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cord-270051-rs3cz9lq	Wordley, V.	Increased antibiotics use	2020-09-11		.txt	text/plain	668	46	53	The number of antibiotics dispensed each month by community pharmacists in England relating to NHS dental prescription forms from January 2018 to May 2020 is given in Figure 1 . This is despite the significantly poorer access to dentistry (only around 7,500 patients were seen at designated urgent dental centres [UDCs] across England) compared to May when the capacity of these centres increased and saw over 27,000 patients. 2 Antibiotics may have been used: • As a 'quick fix' to avoid the life-time impact of an unnecessary extraction, in anticipation that AGPs might soon be permissible in general dental practices • Because dentists felt pressured by some patients for antibiotics, irrespective of their efficacy or appropriateness for treating toothache • Because of difficulties diagnosing a patient's condition remotely prompting a 'just in case' approach through concerns of life-threatening deterioration without treatment Finally, the NHS may have seen an influx in patients who might otherwise receive care privately, resulting in an increase in NHS dental prescriptions as, anecdotally, not all practices were open for telephone triage during April and May 2020.	./cache/cord-270051-rs3cz9lq.txt	./txt/cord-270051-rs3cz9lq.txt