My mother went to the dentist this morning with an abscessed tooth on her upper jaw. He prescribed pain medicine and antibiotics and will be pulling the tooth later. Her face is very swollen and has only gotten worse today. The pain has now moved down to her lower jaw as well and she is very very sick - worse than before she went to the dentist. Is this normal?
2006-07-13 19:47:29 · 10 answers · asked by chi bebe 3 in Health ➔ Dental
If the Swelling is about the same but only the pain has changed your mum may be ok. If the swelling is the same the pain is only changed and she is just feeling sick it may be the pain killers that is making her sick... try reducing those.
But if its an increase in swelling this can be very serious. especially if she starts feeling nauseous or has trouble breathing. and if the swelling continues to get worse!..
Antibiotics in the Pill form may not be enough.
A tooth has a nerve in its centre and when it dies this hollow part in the tooth gets filled with Pus and bacteria which grows. The pressure builds up inside the tooth with no where to go except out the tip of the root which is in the bone. AN abscess is a bubble of infection which has squirted its way out the tip of the root into the bone and its blimmen sore.
The abscess then can escape through a thin part of bone (as the pressure builds up) and can get into the soft tissue (your mums cheek and muscles around the tooth)
This can become LIFE threatening as it can put pressure on your mums airway space, or go upwards and get into the blood stream which goes to the brain and you could get meningitis or if it goes down instead of up it could infect the lining around the heart.
I'm not trying to scare you but this is not something that requires a rest and a rinse of salt water. Get to an emergency Clinic she may need to have intravenous antibiotics to reduce the infection and get any bacteria that has escaped into her blood stream. Then the tooth needs to be pulled out as soon as possible.
Basically if the tooth had have been pulled out straight away there would be no problem.. The dentist hasn't done anything wrong but you need to do the correct thing and take your mum in to the emergency ward especially if she is feeling very sick and the swelling is getting worse.
2006-07-13 19:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by BouncingMolar 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your mother went to the dentist just this morning; then the antibiotics haven't had a chance to kick in and fight the infection. When a dental abscess has gotten as bad as your mom's apparently has, then pain medications are of little help. She may need a strong narcotic analgesic [such as Percocet or Lortab] in order to get immediate relief. She may also try warm salt water rinses and/or a heating pad on the affected side; heat reduces inflammation and helps drain abscesses, and is usually of great help in these cases. OTC topical analgesic gels, such as Anbesol or Orajel may also provide some relief. Get her to take her medications exactly as prescribed; if she isn't any better in a couple of days, call her dentist so he/she gives her a prescription for stronger pain medicine. Hope that my advise is of help to your mom, and that she gets better real soon.
2006-07-13 20:16:01 · answer #2 · answered by la_nena_sabe... 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They need to get rid of that infection right away. The pain medicine may be making her sick, or the antibiotic could do that too. The best cure for an abcessed tooth is IMMEDIATE removal of the tooth, or root canal and drainage of the infection. Once the infection gets very large, though, it can spread and start to impinge on her airway, so she should not delay in getting the tooth taken care of.
2006-07-14 03:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by hmpdds 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that depend on the type of antibiotic that your mother is taking ,for the swollen of the teeth or clinically named as aperiapical abscess 12 capsule ,one capsule 500 ml of amoxcillin every 6 hour if the infection not respond take an IM antibiotic injection.after the a swollen reduce the tooth should be extracted
2006-07-13 20:59:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crush up some ice in a baggy, place it in a light wash cloth (something similar) and hold or wrap it in place on the area of the jaw for 30 minutes or so. Repeat after about an hour or so. The nerve is agitated and swelling is adding pressure to it. Once the swelling goes down, you should feel a big difference. If not, go back to the dentist.
2016-03-15 23:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not, and the infection sounds like it has spread, I would at least call the dentist if not take her there. That is not a place where you want infection to spread. And it is quite possible she might be having an allergic reaction to the antibiotic. I would call immediately.
2006-07-13 19:54:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It sounds like the infection is not responding to the antibiotics. Get her to an ER as soon as possible.
Good luck!
2006-07-13 19:51:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go to the ER if I were her. She may need IV antibiotics.
2006-07-13 19:53:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
antibiotics take a day or two to start working, as nene sabe says above.
2006-07-13 23:01:03 · answer #9 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. She needs to go to the ER.
2006-07-13 20:25:27 · answer #10 · answered by aloysious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋