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Expert opinion please: could taking doxycycle for a bacterial infection i have affect my absece tooth?
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Possibly but.: An abscessed (infected) tooth requires definitive treatment, either root canal treatment, if the tooth is savable, or extraction (removal), .
Answered 12/9/2013
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No help for tooth: Antibiotics cannot get inside the tooth, therefore they cannot get and stop that area of bacteria. Only an extraction or a root canal therapy can do that. However, the antibiotics help in reducing the spreading of the infection is the tissues around the tooth, face, neck, and the blood stream.
Answered 5/10/2013
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