If the doctor say you don’t need to take antibiotics before cleaning don’t , taking antibiotics to much can give you other problems

Hi Hello, Actually, yes particularly when we get different opinions from different sources. So as with anything ask questions and second opinions are warranted in some cases. Ill be honest that particularly with the amount of information available. Like in this case we have our specialist in what ever medical problem we have and the Dentist. Ill use me as an example. I had c-diff and found out that it can be caused by antibiotics. At the time I had it i was in the Hospiital with an infection somewhere in my body. They had me on IV type antibiotics to try and kill the virus and because it was unknown had to use a broad spectrum. It took 5 weeks to find this virus as an inpatient at Mayo. Come to find out it was in my lungs and did not get into the blood stream so blood tests could not find it. They had to do a scope test to find it in my lungs. So anyway this is what reduced the good bacteria in my gut and caused the c-diff.
Now later on I had to have anti-biotics again for an infection and my PCP told me to counteract the loss of good bacteria in my Gut told me to take a probiotic. which must have worked as i was on the antibiotic for a few weeks but no c-diff. So when I was facing this question with my dentist he put me on a anti-biotic that was one that did better at not killing the good bacteria in my gut. and also it was only taken just prior to the dental cleaning. So would not be in my system long. So that's why they use Amoxicillin rather than one like doxycycline which as I understand does kill the gut bacteria. You may want to ask your doctor if you have to take that anti-biotic, if taking a probiotic would be a good idea also. BTW something to consider for overall gut health including yogurt in your diet does help with maintaining the good bacteria in your system. Hope maybe that helps.