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If I stop antibiotics on the 3rd day will my implant be infected?

jctungcabJan 14, 2018

hi i had chin implant 3 days ago. and drink antibiotics for 2 days. but seems that i have allergy reactions to all of the antibiotics. is it really safe if i stop the antibiotics?

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