Anti-inflammatory medications such as amoxicillin and metronidazole can be taken to fight most pathogenic and anaerobic bacteria in the mouth if your wisdom teeth are swollen and painful.
1. Amoxicillin: Amoxicillin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has a powerful bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect on most pathogenic bacteria in the oral cavity, such as gram-positive and negative bacteria, including a variety of bacilli and cocci. Allergic to the drug is prohibited, lactating women and hepatic and renal insufficiency, the elderly use with caution.
2. Metronidazole: It is a nitroimidazole antibiotic, which is the basic drug against anaerobic bacteria, and can effectively inhibit or kill the anaerobic bacteria in the oral cavity and resist the inflammation of the oral cavity. Alcohol consumption is prohibited during medication. Nursing women should not use it as much as possible. There can be adverse reactions such as dyspepsia, abdominal pain, headache, vertigo, polyneuritis .
Inflammation, swelling and pain of wisdom teeth, should promptly seek medical attention, under the guidance of the doctor for examination and treatment, to avoid private medication, in order to avoid adverse effects.