Which route of antibiotic administration should be used for third molar surgery? A split-mouth study to compare intramuscular and oral intake.

Third molar extraction is usually considered a cleancontaminated surgery; therefore, routine antibiotic administration is a controversial topic. Piecuch et al. (1) identified five reasons to justify the use of antibiotics: 1) presence of infection at the time of surgery; 2) compromised patients; 3) the patient or the patient’s family demand for antibiotics; 4) presence of a standard of �bstract