... perscribed antibiotics to take, i took about 2 then i forgot, my crown is not put on and i found my antibiotics today and was worried of infectious diseases or even maybe a tumor. Im asking if its too late to take my antibiotics or not, i want to take them but it has been 4 months and my crown is now on, can i still take them? Would it help if i rubbed the antibiotic around the crown, and on my gums? Please i need answers
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You were given the antibiotics to help prevent possible infection prior to the crown going on. You didn't get any, lucky for you, and your tooth is now capped. There would be no point in taking them now and besides they have to be taken as a course in order to be effective. The fact you never completed the course severely reduced their effectiveness in the first place. You got lucky. You can safely dispose of them as you do not need them now and they will be no good for any future use as they have an expiry date.
you know if the antibiotics are out dated you have the crown on now so i wouldn't see any reason to take them if you had any infection still or you were trying to get rid of the infection the dentist would have said something to you and probably would have brought it up by now that is if you needed it i would just hang onto them just in case you need them for something else i think if you had a infection it would be painful and there would be bleeding so thats what i would do