According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu vaccine is the best way to protect people against the flu and prevent its spread. The flu vaccine can also reduce the severity of the flu if a person contracts a strain of the flu that the vaccine did not contain. It takes about two weeks following vaccination for antibodies to protect against the flu.
Some dentists do not routinely prescribe antibiotics and still have successful implant cases. Their success rate may increase with using antibiotics, but may not (it is all a matter of odds). You are likely fine, but may consider a different antibiotic with fewer side effects.
February 17, 2011 â Dental patients should not take prophylactic antibiotics simply because they have pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).t's quite a big problem, he said. There is no evidence that antibiotics can prevent infections of implanted devices caused by dental procedures, he said, but the antibiotics may cause allergic reactions and create resistant strains of bacteria.