“Will antibiotics kill an infection in the tooth?”
I am a 22 year old male and I have a tooth infection. Will antibiotics kill an infection in the tooth?
15 Answers
No. It only helps to reduce the infection. You will need to get to a dentist ASAP.
Antibiotics can eliminate the infection in the area of the tooth, however, the tooth will need treatment to eliminate the reoccurrence of infection.
Antibiotics will kill an infection in a tooth and gums, but it is important to find out the source of the infection. Otherwise, antibiotics will only be a temporary solution.
No. Most "tooth infections" are due to the death of tooth's nerve, it becomes non-vital. Therefore, blood circulation does not pass through this dead tissue. If bacteria get into this space they can feed off the defenseless dead tissue and create an infection (similar to gangrene). Without blood circulation into the tooth, the antibiotics (traveling through your blood system) cannot reach the bacteria. Only dental treatment, such as root canal therapy (to save the tooth) or an extraction can be reliable ways to remedy this type of infection inside your tooth.
Yes, partially, or at least will localize the problem to the affected root and NOT allow to spread the infection to others. The antibiotics will not cure your problem, you may need further treatment, root canal, periodontal work or even extraction; will depend.
The infection typically is in the socket which is the bone surrounding the tooth. The bacteria in the tooth is a cavity, that has to be physically removed and replaced. This is typically called a filling. The infection in the bone typically leads to a root canal or an extraction and can be treated with a number of Gram - or Gram + antibiotics.
Antibiotics can REDUCE infection in an abscessed tooth but until the source of the infection is taken care of, the bacteria is still there and it will come back and often times more resistant to antibiotics. It is important to remember that antibiotics just reduces the infection so that the dentist can obtain adequate anesthesia to treat the area.
Antibiotics will kill most of the bacteria associated with a tooth infection. However, if you do not eliminate the root cause of the infection, it will return after you are finished taking the antibiotics.
No. Until the infection is treated with an extraction or root canal, it will remain after antibiotics.
No you need to have the cavity treated by a Dentist
Antibiotics can help quiet down an infection in a tooth, but the only real treatment to kill the infection in a tooth is root canal therapy!
Antibiotics work systemically, so they will not enter inside your tooth and treat the infection, but a root canal treatment will help clear the infection inside your tooth.
Antibiotic is not a treatment; it is helping to subside the pain and infection to be able to treat the tooth. The tooth still needs to be treated after the antibiotics.
It will lower the amount of infection but you still need to treat the infected tooth to be able to get rid of it completely.
Hello,
Antibiotics work the body's immune system to fight infections. When someone gets an infection in their body the antibiotic tags the infected cell to let the immune system know that this has to go. When someone gets an infection in their tooth, the amount of blood supply to get the antibiotic inside the tooth to the original location of the bacteria. Because of this the antibiotic will help fight the infection; however, the bacteria will continue to grow and the infection will reoccur at some point. A lot of the time we use antibiotics to get a tooth infection under control to allow us to do definitive treatment which gets rid of the original source of bacteria.
Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
Antibiotics work the body's immune system to fight infections. When someone gets an infection in their body the antibiotic tags the infected cell to let the immune system know that this has to go. When someone gets an infection in their tooth, the amount of blood supply to get the antibiotic inside the tooth to the original location of the bacteria. Because of this the antibiotic will help fight the infection; however, the bacteria will continue to grow and the infection will reoccur at some point. A lot of the time we use antibiotics to get a tooth infection under control to allow us to do definitive treatment which gets rid of the original source of bacteria.
Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
