Read on to learn more about the types of antibiotics used to treat tooth infections and over-the-counter options for pain relief. Not all tooth infections require antibiotics. In some cases, your dentist may be able to drain the abscess. Other cases might require a root canal or removal of the infected tooth. Different classes of antibiotics have different ways of attacking bacteria. Your dentist will want to choose an antibiotic that can effectively eliminate your infection.
Antibiotics of the penicillin class, such as penicillin and amoxicillin , are most commonly used to help treat tooth infections. An antibiotic called metronidazole may be given for some types of bacterial infections. While penicillin antibiotics are common used for tooth infections, many people are allergic to them.
You should receive instructions from your pharmacy detailing exactly how to take the antibiotic. Keep in mind that you might have to take a few courses of antibiotics before they get into your system and begin acting on the infection. Always take the entire course of antibiotics prescribed by your dentist, even if your symptoms seem to disappear. You should always see your dentist if you have a tooth infection.
Your teeth are very close to your brain and a tooth infection can quickly spread to nearby areas and organs. You can also try these 10 home remedies for an abscessed tooth. If your dentist prescribes antibiotics, follow the instructions carefully and finish the prescription.
Even if the infection seems mild, it can quickly become serious without proper treatment. Do not chew or break them. There's a liquid nitrofurantoin for people who find it difficult to swallow tablets. If you're taking nitrofurantoin as a liquid, it'll usually be made up for you by your pharmacist. The medicine will come with a syringe or spoon to help you take the right amount. If you do not have a syringe or spoon, ask your pharmacist for one. Do not use a kitchen teaspoon as it will not give the right amount.
The dose of nitrofurantoin you need to take depends on whether it's being used to treat or prevent a urinary tract infection, your age, and how bad the infection is. If you forget to take a dose, take one as soon as you remember, unless it's nearly time for your next dose. In this case, just leave out the missed dose and take your next dose as normal. Never take 2 doses at the same time. Never take an extra dose to make up for a forgotten one.
If you often forget doses, it may help to set an alarm to remind you. You could also ask your pharmacist for advice on other ways to help you remember to take your medicine. Like all medicines, nitrofurantoin can cause side effects, although not everyone gets them. These common side effects of nitrofurantoin happen in more than 1 in people.
Keep taking the medicine, but talk to your doctor if these side effects bother you or do not go away:. Nitrofurantoin may cause your pee to turn dark yellow or a brownish colour. This is normal and not a reason to stop taking the medicine. Your pee will return to normal once you stop taking nitrofurantoin. In rare cases, it's possible to have a serious allergic reaction anaphylaxis to nitrofurantoin.
These are not all the side effects of nitrofurantoin. For a full list see the leaflet inside your medicines packet. It's usually safe to take nitrofurantoin during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. It's very unlikely that nitrofurantoin is harmful during pregnancy. It goes straight into your pee, so very little of the medicine passes through to the unborn baby.
But do not take nitrofurantoin during labour and childbirth, as there's a chance that it can affect the baby's blood. Tell your doctor before taking nitrofurantoin if you're breastfeeding. Although it's generally safe to take this medicine while breastfeeding, it may not be suitable for all breastfed babies.
Do not take nitrofurantoin while breastfeeding if your baby has a rare condition called glucosephosphate dehydrogenase G6PD deficiency. Tell your doctor if you're taking these medicines before you start nitrofurantoin treatment:.
Typhoid vaccine given by mouth may not work properly if you're taking nitrofurantoin. This does not apply to typhoid vaccines given by injection. There are no known problems with taking herbal remedies and supplements with nitrofurantoin. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal medicines, vitamins or supplements.
When you take it by mouth, most of it gets filtered out of your blood and into your pee. This concentrates the medicine right among the bacteria causing the urinary tract infection. Nitrofurantoin kills the bacteria by entering their cells and damaging their genetic material. It's important that you keep taking nitrofurantoin until your course is finished. Do this even if you feel better. It will help stop the infection coming back.
Tell your doctor if you do not start feeling better after taking nitrofurantoin for 3 days. Also tell them if, at any time, you start to feel worse. Some people get a fungal infection called thrush after taking a course of antibiotics like nitrofurantoin.
It happens because antibiotics kill the normal harmless bacteria that help to protect you against thrush. Nitrofurantoin does not stop contraceptive pills working, including the combined pill and emergency contraception. In case of spontaneous pain, the diagnosis is often related to the pulpal inflammation. This pulpal inflammation does not necessarily have bacteria. Hence, antibiotics are of no use in such cases. In the other cases, where the pain is of a chronic type and the sensitivity test comes back negative, there is a possibility that the pulp is dead, and this area of necrosis has become home to some bacteria.
Here, even though the bacteria is present causing the infection in the pulp area, the source of infection in most cases is the tooth itself. As the pulp is dead, there is no blood supply, hence the infection is not systemic. An antibiotic should only be used when the source of infection is systemic. Mostly, acute infections are severe, which presents extreme swelling and the spread of which mostly occurs to the outer regions of the tooth.
Such cases need to be treated under antibiotic coverage. One study has revealed that the patients who had systemic involvement and presented some cardinal signs of infection, recovered more quickly when treated with antibiotics than those who were not treated with antibiotics.
Whereas, the patients whose infection was limited to the tooth structure when treated properly, without any use of the antibiotic, recovered more quickly than those who were treated only with an antibiotic. Hence, the key take away here is that in both cases the proper treatment was rendered depending upon the source of the attack. Therefore, the priority is to address the source of infection. We will now discuss which antibiotic is the most effective?
The biggest finding is that if proper treatment is rendered, the choice of antibiotic actually affects the resolution time more than it affects the outcome.
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