Believe it or not, it is a myth that antibiotics can kill the infection pediatric dentistry is trying to treat. Much to the contrary, the antibiotics are only a second player in this war against the infection. Your child's body will do all the heavy lifting. An antibiotic is designed to control the microorganism that is causing all the havoc. When this happens, balance is restored, allowing your child's own immune system to take care of the problem. With its own antibodies, the body can and will take care of over 60 percent of any infections without any need for external help. Even in cases when there is an antibiotic used, the body is the one that will fight and kill the microorganism. Far more importantly, the body will learn what makes this organism tick, so the next time it encounters a similar infection, it can produce the antibodies very quickly.
In addition to this, the use of antibiotics is not an exact science. Since it is your body - or your child's, in the case of pediatric dentistry - that will cure the infection, we use experience and extensive knowledge to prescribe a course of antibiotics that will be more than enough backup for the body to do what it does best. At the end of the day, what we want is to cure the infection, find and resolve its root cause, and do so with minimal interference to the body's own disease-fighting mechanisms.
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