Hi Bryanna,

I had my second and only root canal extracted yesterday by an oral surgeon here. It had started to pain as I had written in my earlier thread. There was an abscess also. I told the surgeon that I wanted the periodontal ligament to be removed and also diseased tissue and bone if any. He did scrape out something with a curette and irrigated with saline simultaneously and then put stitches which will be removed after 7 days. The rest is in God's hands.

He prescribed me Cephalexin 500 mg for 5 days. My question - is Cephalexin sufficient or correct for a root canal infection ? If not what other antibiotic could have been given along with Cephalexin 500mg ? Can I take metronidazole 400 mg thrice a day for 5 days ?

Regards,
Amit.