The next day I was in pain, and the pain continued to worsen, including some pretty severe
jaw pain. The dentist adjusted the bite, then assumed it was
infection, so put me on 10 day penicillin. Nearing the end of that, I developed swelling on the outside gum, the dentist put me on 7 day clindamycin. The swelling has decreased, the pain is nearly absent, but with 2 1/2 days left of the antibiotic, I have been feeling "twinges" in the tooth.