[Survey of dental drug prescriptions]

6665 prescriptions written out by stomatologists of a large town within three months were analysed with the aid of commercially available slotted cards for which a special hole-saving code had been established. There were differences between the prescriptions from the different fields of stomatological activity (policlinic, privately conducted practice, university clinic) as to contents, which is probably due to their differing tasks. Selected problems, e.g., the prescriptions for personal use (the proportion of which was 12%) and the prescriptions of analgesics were discussed in detail. The results obtained were compared with previous literature reports.