“Can antibiotics alone cure a tooth abscess?”
I am a 41 year old male and I have a tooth abscess. Can antibiotics alone cure a tooth abscess?
13 Answers
Great question. NO, the cause must be removed. In this case by either sterilizing the inner aspect of the tooth or removing the tooth. Good luck
No, never, and in fact, if root canal or proper definite treatment is not rendered within time frame, it may end up a severe or irreversible situation causing more loss of tooth, time, and $$$.
Antibiotics can temporarily help with the infection, but the source of infection needs to be treated to get rid of the infection.
Definitely not. The antibiotics are just to make sure the infection does not go around in the body, but the tooth itself needs to be treated with root canal or taken out.
Antibiotics control the infection and decrease it. However, as with any infection, the source of the infection has to be eliminated to completely eliminate the infection.
No, antibiotics treat symptoms, but not the cause of tge infection. After the cause of the infection is diagnosed, root canal therapy or extraction is required in most cases.
No. All antibiotics do is calm down the tooth so work can be done on it.
No, only a root canal treatment or extraction will resolve a tooth infection.
Antibiotics can eliminate the infection temporarily but if the cause is not treated it will come back.
It's just the beginning of treatment.
No. You have to get to the reason it became abscessed and fix that. The same way antibiotics can’t fix appendicitis
Using an antibiotic is like placing a bandaid on it. You have to figure out the root of the problem as well.
Antibiotics can help temporarily.... go and visit your dentist to check what the problem is. The source of the problem should be evaluated to get into the bottom of it. Antibiotics will NOT cure it alone.
