Common medications prescribed for adolescent dental patients.

Common prescription medications taken by adolescent patients include various psychopharmacologic agents (to manage depression,obsessive-compulsive disorders, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders), pulmonary drugs (to prevent and treat asthma), and dermatologic agents (to treat acne). Other agents encountered when treating adolescent patients are antidiabetes agents, antibiotics, and birth control medications. This overview identifies prescription medications commonly used by adolescent patients and discusses their possible impact on dental care.