NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moxifloxacin was significantly more effective than clindamycin at controlling the pain of odontogenic/gingival inflammatory infiltrates, in a small phase II study by German ...

Oral surgery patients with penicillin allergies who take a certain kind of antibiotic as perioperative prophylaxis face a greater risk of developing surgical site infections, according to a study ...

Clindamycin is an antibiotic used to treat certain infections, such as skin infections. More common side effects of clindamycin include itching, mild diarrhea, abdominal (stomach) pain, and nausea and ...

The primary treatment for a tooth abscess is always surgical: drainage, root canal, or extraction. Antibiotics alone cannot cure an abscess because they can’t remove the source of the infection.