yes and that's the way to go,children don't always think to speak out if they have a piece of food stuck in between their teeth and its not always easy to see it, it sits there and infects the gum area around it, they will clean his teeth up aswell .Hope he does okay ...
Thanks for the advice, i really appreciate it :) yes,i have noticed the the swelling has reduced 24 hours after he took the antibiotics. I am going to continue with it and once his cheek has normalized , i will take him to a pediatric dentist. The thing with my son is , he was diagnosed with high functioning autism, so sometimes even if i ask him what hurts or if he feels any pain, he finds it difficult to let me know because of his speech delay. So when things like this happen, i always have to track back and think what may have caused it.
As the doctor gave anti biotics there was an infection ,it should go down soon, it is possible that he did have a gum/tooth infection so it may be a good idea to go to the dentist and get him mouth/gums looked over ..make sure he does clean his teeth regularly and flosses.food may have got stuck and created it ..You can always ask when a Doctor is looking at your child ,what could have caused the swelling ...good luck