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Why is my left cheek swollen? i have a root canal infection but my dentist gave me amoxicillin for the infection and ibuprofen for the pain?
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Swelling: This is a normal reaction to infection and/or trauma, continue taking the antibiotic and the analgesic, follow up with doctor if there is no improvement.
Answered 1/5/2019
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Takes 24-48 hours: For an antibiotic to be effective. Also an antibiotic will only help shrink the infection. It will not eliminate it. You must either have root therapy or an extraction for this tooth in order to eliminate the infection. Sometimes an infection needs to drained in addition to antibiotic use. If it has been longer than 48 hours and the swelling still has not gone down you should be reevaluated by dds.
Answered 12/20/2013
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