{"id":4535,"date":"2022-06-21T06:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2022-06-21T06:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:10:40","slug":"common-antibiotics-used-for-a-tooth-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/common-antibiotics-used-for-a-tooth-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Antibiotics Used for a Tooth Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-64\">Penicillin-type drugs, such as amoxicillin and penicillin V potassium, are typically the first-line antibiotics that dentists prescribe to treat a tooth infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-66\">However, allergic reactions to penicillins are common. If you have a history of allergy symptoms (such as hives, swelling, or low blood pressure) after taking penicillin-type drugs, let your dentist know. They may prescribe a&nbsp;macrolide&nbsp;antibiotic, such as clindamycin, to clear up your infection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-68\">In some cases, your dentist may prescribe another type of antibiotic, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-70\"><li>Augmentin\u00a0(amoxicillin with clavulanate)<\/li><li>Flagyl\u00a0(metronidazole)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-72\">These drugs are typically prescribed if other antibiotics don\u2019t work to treat your symptoms or if your tooth infection begins to spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penicillin-type drugs, such as amoxicillin and penicillin V potassium, are typically the first-line antibiotics that dentists prescribe to treat a tooth infection. However, allergic reactions to penicillins are common. If you have a history of allergy symptoms (such as hives, swelling, or low blood pressure) after taking penicillin-type drugs, let your dentist know. They may [&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\/4535"}],"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=4535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}