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After starting clindamycin for tooth infection, cheek has begun to swell. no swelling prior. is this the antibiotics working or should i be worried?
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Antibiotics: Antibiotics may control the spread of infection, but will not provide a permanent cure. Think how much worse off you would have been without the Meds. Now comes the important part, see your Dentist before the pills run out for the root canal or extraction that you need.
Answered 8/2/2016
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