Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the antibiotic protocols in orthognathic surgery. Materials and methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive study, where all the data of the patients who reported to the dental clinics in Saveetha dental college, SIMATS, Chennai, India, was obtained from the dental information archiving software (DIAS). Patient records were collected between March 2020 and March 2021. Data was collected and tabulated. The collected data was further analyzed, recorded in Microsoft Excel software and was subjected to statistical analysis using IBM SPSS statistics analyzer v.23.0.

orthognathic surgery, cephalosporins, antibiotic protocols, metronidazole, penicillin. Clindamycin.