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Originally Posted by aka123
You shouldn't take antibiotics just because of some swelling. At least without some proper doctor giving presription. And hopefully not some American doctor, as statistically they give prescriptions a tad too willy nilly.
You know that antibiotics are weapons of mass destruction, right? It takes about a year or even more to recover from taking those. In many cases not totally ever (applies mostly to first time).
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If we were talking about a swollen joint I would agree with you, but inflamed gums giving rise to facial swelling is almost certainly some sort of an infection, in which case a dentist cannot even treat the cause until after the infection has been addressed.
Of course, another scenario could be some sort of extremely aggressive oral cancer, in which case I would likely be dead within a matter of days, so taking antibiotics needlessly would be the least of my worries.