 [ Symptoms ] can a strep throat that was trated with antibiotics cause joint pain and swelling  29 year old female with sudden onset of swelling and painful joints 2 weeks ago had strep throat treated with a shot in the urgent care center [ Disease ] the dentist will either put you on oral antibiotics before preferably or after the procedure or both in a worse case scenario the dentist may postpone the procedure until the infection has resolved you will need to discuss this with your dentist since every dentist will practice differently and make their own clinical judgments