How much garlic should be taken to benefit from antibiotic properties?

I've been researching using all sorts of natural remedies. I know garlic can be used for a number of things and its benefits are innumerable. What I cannot find is "dosages". I normally eat a clove of raw garlic a day, and when I'm sick I'll add a few more. But I think I might be developing an abscess above a tooth, and I'd like to try to battle it with natural remedies before running off to the dentist. (Especially since dental care costs so much!) Does anyone know how much garlic should be taken in an instance like this, for battling infections? I'm not afraid of eating bunches of raw garlic, I'm just not even sure how much would be too much... if there is such a thing. :)
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I dont know, I take garlic tablets, which you can get at any store, and each one is equal to one bulb and it says to take one per day I just found an article here, where it says that people can eat 5 to 12 cloves a day. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/15… Its almost saying that 1 clove a day will do nothing for health benefits and it requires at least 2 or more I dont find any results in google stating that too much will hurt you http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&clien… I wouldnt go taking more than 1 of those tablets I take though, I would just eat raw cloves to be on the safe side.
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