@ the above dentists
I think Gordon is referring to prescribing clindamycin for what is described as sore gum rather than a significant infection without drainage. Personally for sore gum around a wisdom tooth when the extraction will be delayed I would lightly instrument the pericornal flap, irrigate and tell the patient to clean under the gum as best as possible and rinse frequently as first line therapy.
Back in 2005 when I had a severe abscess tooth, that was the one were the emergency room doctor pulled all my teeth to drain the infection and cut holes outside on my face to make drain ports and kept me for 4 days. At that time I was on many IV bags of clindamycin and every 12 hours I got Toradol for pain, a week later I got endocarditis ( heart attack ) at home, I have a stint in me to this day, speaking from my experience Clindamycin is an incredible drug I always had a rubber hose taste in my mouth for some reason but I didn't care.
In 2012 I got a rather sever gum infection, due to my needle phobia I went to the doctor to late again, he prescribed amoxycillin I think 200 mg or 400 mg I can't exactly remember if one of the dentists is reading this maybe they could chime in and see if that dosage sounds right. I healed up very quick with just Amoxicillin.
I tend to agree with the above statements, I would be awfully careful with anti-biotic prescriptions, there is a big issue with super bugs in Canada here, my uncle who is diabetic got a real bad one, by the time the eradicated his infection it almost finished him off too.