{"id":4529,"date":"2022-06-21T06:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2022-06-21T06:05:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:05:07","slug":"antibiotics-for-tooth-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/antibiotics-for-tooth-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotics for Tooth Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\">A\u00a0tooth infection\u00a0is a pocket of pus (abscess) caused by the proliferation of bacteria. Usually, an abscess appears in the\u00a0pulp\u2014the soft, living tissue inside a tooth.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-2\">A periapical abscess develops from an infection in the pulp that forms an abscess at the root of a tooth, while a periodontal abscess develops between the tooth and the surrounding gum tissue.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-4\">Symptoms of a tooth infection may include a severe\u00a0toothache, sensitivity to heat and cold, swollen glands, swelling in the gums, foul-smelling breath, and pain while chewing. If the infection spreads to the surrounding bones, it may become life-threatening.<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-6\">Your dentist may prescribe\u00a0antibiotics\u00a0to clear up your tooth infection. Learn more about antibiotics for tooth infections, including why they are used and how fast they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/G1LXlKi5g-_c8GFmsI1KSne9eO0=\/2121x1414\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/GettyImages-1333123412-2c2dba70a3e9441f8ba322e64c4f60c9.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding her cheek as if she has a toothache.\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0tooth infection\u00a0is a pocket of pus (abscess) caused by the proliferation of bacteria. Usually, an abscess appears in the\u00a0pulp\u2014the soft, living tissue inside a tooth.1 A periapical abscess develops from an infection in the pulp that forms an abscess at the root of a tooth, while a periodontal abscess develops between the tooth and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[913],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}