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Survey on dentists’ spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions in Croatia

Since in official reports on adverse reactions (ADRs) there is no notice on reporting from dental professionals, the objective of this study was to determine reasons for negative attitudes regarding voluntary reporting of ADR among dentists in Croatia. An electronic survey was sent to the members of the Croatian Dental Chamber. Two hundred dentists voluntarily participated in this study. More than half of respondents (53.5%) came across an ADR during their clinical practice, however, 96.5% did not report any ADR to the competent authority. Furthermore, 82.5% have never participated in education about ADR reporting. The main factors that discouraged ADR reporting were that the reporting is needless since it is a well- known ADR for the drug (70.5%), lack of knowledge on how to report an ADR (11.6%), and uncertainty whether or not the drug was responsible for the particular ADR (8.9%). Over half of the respondents (52%) expressed the need for additional education and training on ADR reporting. In order to improve dentists’ attitude towards ADR reporting, continuing medical and dental education programs should be customized to encourage them to report all suspected ADRs encountered in their practice and to become aware of the importance of the drug monitoring process.

adverse drug reaction ; spontaneous reporting ; dentist

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