Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 years and above of either gender presenting to the Outpatient Department of the Nishtar Institute of Dentistry, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery. * Clinical and radiographic diagnosis of an odontogenic maxillofacial infection - gingival inflammatory infiltrate or a localized abscess/cellulitis (ICD-10: K04, K05) - manageable on an outpatient basis with minor office-based surgical drainage (incision/drainage, extraction, or trepanation under local anaesthesia) and adjunctive oral antibiotic therapy, not requiring hospital admission. * Patients providing written informed consent for participation. Exclusion Criteria: * Known hypersensitivity to fluoroquinolones, lincosamides, or cephalosporins. * Pregnant or lactating women. * Patients with diabetes mellitus, known HIV infection, hepatic dysfunction, or renal impairment (creatinine clearance \< 50 mL/min). * Patients with known cardiac arrhythmia, bradycardia, electrolyte imbalance (particularly hypokalaemia), or a history of tendinopathy related to quinolone use. * Patients with signs of a severe or spreading systemic infection (e.g., extensive facial/neck swelling, trismus, dysphagia, or high-grade fever) requiring hospital admission, intravenous antibiotics, or extraoral surgical drainage under general anaesthesia. * Patients who received systemic antibiotic therapy within the preceding 7 days.