Dental or oral compounding may be considered for a patient-specific prescription need when an appropriate approved product cannot meet that need.

Dental & Oral Prescription Compounding

Dental and oral prescriptions can raise formulation questions involving dosage form, ingredients, local application or a patient's ability to use a standard manufactured product. Compounding should be driven by the specific prescription and clinical need rather than by a broad list of claimed treatments.

Questions that can guide a compounding discussion

• What active ingredient has the prescriber selected?
• Is an FDA-approved product available in a suitable form?
• What patient-specific problem is the proposed compounded formulation intended to address?
• What route and dosage form are specified by the dental prescriber?
• Are there ingredient or application concerns that the pharmacist should review?

FDA states that compounded drugs are not FDA-approved and are not reviewed before marketing for safety, effectiveness or quality. This page therefore does not claim that compounded dental preparations are automatically safer or more effective than approved products.

For general regulatory context, visit Prescription Compounding. For a specific prescription or formulation question, use Contact Access Care Pharmacy.