<p>​<span id="ms-rterangecursor-start" aria-hidden="true" rtenodeid="12"></span><span id="ms-rterangecursor-end" aria-hidden="true"></span><span style="text-align: justify;">It came forward that using antibiotics without knowing their effects that come to the agenda often as one of the biggest mistakes the society make, harms teeth seriously. Istanbul Aydın University Faculty of Dentistry (Dentaydın) Department of Periodontology Academic Member Dr. Süleyman Emre Meşeli remarked &quot;Using antibiotics without knowing its effects harms teeth seriously besides general health&quot;.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>HOW IT HARMS ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH?</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Meşeli explained the effect of unnecessary and unconscious use of antibiotics on oral and dental health: &quot;Antibiotics used unnecessarily can cause negative effects on teeth, gingiva, and mouth tissues. For instance, use of tetracycline group antibiotics on children can cause brown lines on enamels of permanent teeth. Also, use of the same medicine in pregnancy can cause similar discoloration on teeth. Besides, it is known that some antibiotics cause mouth dryness by impacting saliva flow rate and amount. Related to mouth dryness, mouth sore and chapping of lips are also the symptoms.&quot;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&quot;USING ANTIBIOTICS WITHOUT KNOWING THEIR EFFECTS IS VERY DANGEROUS&quot;</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Meşeli reminded that antibiotics are medicines used in treatment of bacteria based infections, and stated &quot;The biggest mistake made in the society is using antibiotics in treatments of viral infections such as flu and cold. The biggest danger of unnecessary antibiotic use is bacteria showing resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance makes treatment of treatable pneumonia, tuberculosis or other bacterial infections difficult and sometimes impossible. Antibiotics can kill beneficial bacteria for body along with the bacteria that harm the body. Thus, often use of antibiotics can cause lack of these beneficial bacteria that live in balance in our body, and occurrence of other diseases related to this. Some antibiotics can cause allergic reactions in people with hypersensitivity and threaten life.&quot;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>&quot;ANTIBIOTICS SHOULD BE USED WITH MEDICAL ADVICE&quot;</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Meşeli said &quot;Not all antibiotics can work for all bacterial infections. The thought &#39;the disease does not get well without using antibiotics.&#39; is highly wrong. Thus, antibiotics should be used with medical advice and as well as every medicine and prescription.&quot;<br/></p><p><br/></p>