“Will antibiotics help pulpitis?”
I have pulpitis and want to treat it. Will antibiotics help pulpitis?
6 Answers
An antibiotic may help with the discomfort of your pulpitis but it is not the treatment that is necessary for your pulpitis! You need to be evaluated and will probably need root canal therapy. It really is not a big deal.
Antibiotics are usually a temporary solution depending on severity and urgency of the situation. If it is irreversible pulpits, root canal treatment may be the way to treat it.
Antibiotics may help if you are experiencing pulpitis, but it is a temporary fix. The source of the infection, whether it is tooth decay, bacteria, an abscess, a crack in the tooth, or many other things, needs to be addressed and fixed or else the issue will continue, symptoms will worsen and the situation may become worse.
You will need antibiotics if the pulpitis progresses to an abscess. The treatment for pulpits depends on what is causing the pulpitis. Usually, the treatment is a root canal.
Antibiotics will probably not help your pulpitis. Pulpitis is inflammation of the nerve. Antibiotics work to control infection from bacteria. When your pulpitis becomes a necrotic pulp, then the antibiotics will help with the pain and swelling, but this is not a cure. At this point, you will need a root canal because you cannot be on antibiotics indefinitely.
No, pulpitis is not a bacterial infection, therefore antibiotic will not help.
