As your family dentist in Livermore, CA, one of our principal functions is to help dispel unhealthy myths or beliefs. With antibiotics, one of the most common beliefs that exist is that antibiotics cure all. People get this idea because when used properly, antibiotics can work very quickly to take away fevers, pain, and even swelling. This makes it seem like some kind of a miracle medicine. The truth is, however, that your body is the one doing all the heavy lifting. The antibiotics help to create a balance between the invading infection and your body's own immune system, but once this happens, your body goes to work to destroy the infection on its own. We have found that in over 60 perfect of infection cases, the body is able to fight and remove the infection without any outside interference.
Another common myth that exists is the idea that there is a set duration required for an antibiotic to be effective and that not completing a course can result in the infection returning. First, we specifically target the root cause of the infection so there is never any chance of it returning, and second, the use of antibiotics is not an exact science. While experience teach us how long of a course is probably required, the reality is that your body does most of the work, so only frequent monitoring will tell us exactly when the infection is gone.
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