@article {196, title = {Dental Drug Information Tertiary Resources: New Initiative Project in Saudi Arabia}, journal = {PTB Reports}, volume = {7}, year = {2021}, month = {September 2021}, pages = {44-52}, type = {Review Article}, chapter = {44}, 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}, doi = {10.5530/PTB.2021.7.9}, author = {Yousef Ahmed Alomi and Hanin Sumaydan Saleam Aljohani and Arub Abdullah Batil Albatil and Amnah Abdulaziz Al Shams and Sukinah Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshams} }