The type of antibiotic used to prophylactically treat oral-cutaneous wounds also remains controversial among clinicians. Previous studies have utilized penicillin V K. Penicillin, however, does not fully cover the flora typically cultured in infected oral-cutaneous wounds. Cephalexin is well described in the literature as an appropriate choice for oropharyngeal infections and has appropriate skin flora coverage, thereby, making it an ideal antibiotic for the prophylaxis of oral-cutaneous wounds.