Which antibiotic is better for tooth pain/infection, Cipro or Amoxicillin?

I am not a qualified dentist but I have had a lot of dental work done it seems like the antibiotics that I see used with me my immediate family and relatives are drugs like amoxicillin 250mg usually for the basic infections thery tend to up it to 500mg sometimes, then they also use Keflex either 250mg or 500mg

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and then ocassionally they use Augmentin which is a penicillin type drug with another antibiotic form in it, even though I know they sometimes use Cipro drugs like these are used a lot in other types of infections, another thing it greatly depends on the type of infection and bacteria that the dentist is trying to kill Keflex is a cephalasporin antibiotic. when you are on antibiotics for either a tooth (any type of infection) it is very very important that you continue the full amount of the medicine (unless the doctor or dentist tells you different) another thing with a tooth an antibiotic has to get into the system before you start to see results, if you do still have problems after you've taken several doses of the antibiotic you might give him a call, a dentist that is not familiar or hasn't seen you is not as well equipped to know your history like someone that knows about your dental history. if you haven't already seen the dentist you need to give him a call so you can be treated as soon as possible. it's not a good idea to take left over antibiotics since you might have bacteria that this particular antibiotic might not kill best to talk with your dentist and see him soon.