Dental Drug Information Tertiary Resources: New Initiative Project in Saudi Arabia

PTB Reports, 2021, 7, 2, 44-52.
Published: September 2021
Type: Review Article
Authors: Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Hanin Sumaydan Saleam Aljohani, Arub Abdullah Batil Albatil, Amnah Abdulaziz Al Shams, and Sukinah Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshams.
 
Author(s) affiliations:

Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, BSc. Pharm, MSc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE Critical Care Clinical Pharmacists TPN Clinical Pharmacist, Freelancer Business Planner, Content Editor, and Data Analyst, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.

Hanin Sumaydan Saleam Aljohani Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. Aroub Abdullah Albatel College of Dentistry, Almajmaah University, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.

Arub Abdullah Batil Albatil Majmaah University, College of Dentistry Faculty of Dentistry at Al Zulfi Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.

Amnah Abdulaziz Al Shams Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAUDI ARABIA.

Sukinah Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshams Almadar Diamond Dental Complex, Alhasa, SAUDI ARABIA.

Abstract

Objectives: The textbook of dental drug information resources is a prime reference to dental knowledge. The dental knowledge valuation is appropriate for dental care. The contemporary topic of declaring the updated information about dental medications textbooks. Methods: It is a literature review of drug information resources and tertiary resources in dental practice. Searching of PubMed/Medline dated from the 1960s to 2021s. It entailed of all types of research design including market analysis, SWOT analysis, quality management of the project, and management of any risks. The selected drug information resources list was done through resources name, medications coverage, types of publications, either manual or online or mobile applications, frequency of updating, and the publisher. Results: The total number of nominated dental tertiary drug information was more than twenty. The tertiary resources are articulated as regular textbooks or online and mobile applications. Some resources were only about dental drug information. They were a potted or in-depth information including some of the resources about disease management with importance on the specialties. Recently, there is a collection of drug information textbooks through a website. This includes choice of selection textbookbased of updated information, method of publications online and applications and cost-related issues. Conclusion: Dental drug information resources textbook was vital in the dental care. The collection of textbooks with more than one method of publication online and mobile application are highly endorsed in dental practice.
Keywords: Dental, Drug, Resources, Saudi Arabia, Tertiary.


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