swelling after extraction

[padrum]

My son had an abcessed tooth which caused a lot of swelling in his face, neck and under his tongue. He had the tooth ( a lower, back molar) removed 9 days ago. The swelling has not subsided yet even though he was on penicillin for 9 days and started clindamycin 2 days ago. Any ideas why the swelling has not gone away yet?

[Steffany111]

It’s normal to have swelling for so long. Continue the prescription as being suggested by your dentist. But as you have told that swelling has reached to neck, it is quite serious. You need to get it checked with your dentist since it is symptoms of serious infection.

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

Is there any swelling in the neck region?  Can he breathe and swallow normally?

[padrum]

Yes the pain has gone. Today he can open his jaw wider and most of the swelling under the jaw has subsided. However the swelling under his tongue seems worse.

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

Sometimes swelling can remain for quite awhile especially if its had time to swell that much all over the face.  Sometimes the bacteria can travel rapidly through the spaces between the tissues.  Are the rest of his symptoms improved or has it remained the same?