Supporting dentists to tackle antibiotic resistance

Effective antibiotic drugs are essential to modern medicine, protecting patients from potentially fatal diseases and ensuring that surgeries and chemotherapy can be provided at low risk.

However, unnecessary and excessive antibiotic use is causing bacteria to change and become resistant to treatment, increasingly rendering these vital medications ineffective. In some countries, more than 42% of infections are already resistant to common antimicrobial therapies.¹

A global threat to health

Antibiotic resistance is a major cause of prolonged illness, longer hospital stays and even death. Without effective antibiotics even minor operations could become high-risk procedures, and disease could spread dramatically.

An opportunity for change

Dentists prescribe almost 10% of all antibiotics,¹ so have a real opportunity to be part of the solution.

That’s why GSK Consumer Healthcare is supporting FDI World Dental Federation to provide dentists with the tools, training and insights needed to engage, commit and contribute to global, national and local efforts tackling antibiotic resistance.