What did we want to find out? We wanted to find out if antibiotics improve the pain and swelling reported by adults with toothache caused by symptomatic apical periodontitis or apical abscess. We were ...

Antibiotics are only recommended when there is severe infection that has spread from the root of the tooth. However, some dentists still routinely prescribe antibiotics to people with these conditions ...

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