Penicillin control of swelling and pain after periodontal osseous surgery

Abstract

Abstract Comparable flap operations incorporating curettage and osteoplasties were performed in 17 patients on opposite sides of the same jaw on separate occasions. For one side a cover of phenoxymethyl penicillin 250 mg q.d.s. for 5 days commencing at the time of operation was given and for the other side a placebo was used. Healing was more advanced at 1 week after operation and there was less post‐operative discomfort during the first week when the penicillin cover was used. There was a tendency towards less facial swelling when penicillin was administered but the difference was not significant.