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A member asked:
How long til amoxicillin starts to work on tooth infection?
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Depends: What type of tooth infection? Like many other conditions, antibiotics serve as a supplement to surgical intervention. A dental abscess may need drainage or extraction. If going to be effective alone, any antibiotic, if effective, should begin to elicit changes within 24 to 36 hours.
Answered 3/14/2020
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Depends: It depends on the loading dose at the start of antibiotic therapy and if a surgical procedure such as an incision and drainage was performed.
Answered 9/2/2019
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