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Summary: Tooth abscess antibiotics include amoxicillin, penicillin, clindamycin, but make sure you know which antibiotics you are allergic to before taking any. Discover what antibiotics to take for a tooth abscess in this free video featuring a practicing dentist.
Dr. Joe Neely practices dentistry with Barton Oaks Dental Group. With over 35 years of experience, Dr. Neely loves helping people get the smile they want.read more
"I'm Dr. Joe Neely, and I practice with the Barton Oaks Dental Group. We're going to talk about what antibiotic, what kind of antibiotic, you should take for an abscessed tooth. Obviously, the first question is always, do you have an allergic, are you allergic to any type of antibiotics? When you have an allergic reaction, and your system reacts to a particular product, obviously you can't take that, so once you rule out anything that you're allergic to, you would want to use a broad spectrum antibiotic, kind of like an amoxicillin, probably the most common given. You can use a penicillin, Pen VK. Fibromyacin is given most often for gum infections, rather than tooth infections. Clendomyacin would be an antibiotic that would be more effective in a long standing abscess, or one that involves the bone. The more long standing the abscess, the more debilitated the patient. The more virulent or potent an abscess, the stronger the antibiotic. Often when you get beyond the Clendomyacins and Keflex, and things like that, you would be on some type of I.V antibiotic."
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