ok in January my face had swollen and landed me at the ER (it was my bday too). I was told I had an abcess on my tooth. It ruptured later that day and omg what a relief! The dentist has pulled other teeth out since we are working on dentures. So here it is almost october and I still have it. It ruptures about every other day w/o all the swelling. it's painful all the same. what can I do? Please dont say get another dentist. I've had to switch several times and at this point he's the only one in the area that takes medical card and new patients. what can I do?
2006-09-20 01:10:07 · 8 answers · asked by johnsmom326 3 in Health ➔ Dental
OMG! I know you don't want to, but you really need to see about going to another dentist. If it's still rupturing then there could be something majorly wrong!! Or if nothing else... go to your regular doctor. There may be something wrong somewhere else in your body that is causing this to happen. Good luck!! :)
2006-09-20 01:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are only two things you can do for a tooth that is abscess: root canal or extraction. Since you are "working on dentures", it sounds like you'll be having this one removed. Antibiotics can take care of the infection for a little bit but eventually, it'll come back until you have the source of the infection removed.
2006-09-20 12:43:54 · answer #2 · answered by justine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make an appointment and dont leave til you understand what is happening to you. Ask a lot of questions, like is this normal or do you have an infection, how long is this pain and rupturing going to last?
2006-09-20 08:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by amalia372005 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom has the same problem, abcesses run in our family, she just gets them randomly, she has one tooth that an abcess keeps reacurring in..she just takes antibiotics, and rinses with salt water..it would be an infection in the nerves or roots...if you don't have that tooth removed, get it removed as soon as possible..the only real way to get rid of it, is to get rid of the cause.
2006-09-20 09:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by MyDreams2Be 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would call the dentist you are currently seeing and explain the whole situation to him and I wouldn't leave the office until he gave me an explanation for what it was and a way to treat it
2006-09-20 08:18:03 · answer #5 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Products like Orajel take the pain away. That's my guess, but you should see a dentist first.
2006-09-20 08:18:59 · answer #6 · answered by smashguy912 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an abscess, but you already know that. GET IT OUT ALREADY!!! You'll just end up back in the ER again if you don't.
2006-09-20 11:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need a stronger antibiotic, you could even need them to be ran intravenously, this can kill you...don't mess around with it anymore!
2006-09-20 08:54:00 · answer #8 · answered by melanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋