Clindamycin is an antibiotic doctors prescribe to treat tooth infections, particularly if you’re allergic to penicillin. It’s safe for most people but may cause digestive side effects, and should ...

A tooth infection or “tooth abscess” is a collection of pus and bacteria that forms inside the tooth or gum. Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, and this ...

Inserting gauze coated with an antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment into a wisdom tooth extraction site may control dry socket, infection, and pain. The findings come from a study published earlier this ...