on the outer side gum of my wisdom tooth like an abscess but with no pain ,when i press it it bleed and get very hard and then disappear, after few hours it come back again.i just want to know do i have to worry about it or its nothing serious and is it going to be painfull later i mean if i leave it without treatment ,any ideas other than going to dentist.
2006-11-23 08:56:49 · 4 answers · asked by ink 2 in Health ➔ Dental
See your doc first, and tell them what you've told us here on the site. Let doc know how long its been there...that's important.
2006-11-23 09:00:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing wrong w/ asking... Someone might say, "I have a purple spot next to a tooth I just got a silver filling...is this normal?"
and the answer is a very simple, "Yes, that's an amalgam tattoo...nothing to worry about."
In this case, if I had to guess I would say you have a "parulis" - this is a fistula or drainage that may result from an abcess. Sometimes they are painless. For a while.
The odds are that at some point it will start hurting and even if it doesn't you're making your body waste valuable immune resources on fighting it.
So see a dentist fairly soon and just get the wisdom tooth extracted.
good luck!
2006-11-23 17:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by drswansondds 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have it checked out. You could have something serious there and then again it could be nothing to be worried about. A Dr. or a Dentist is the ones to check not here on this forum. How can I tell when I cannot look at it??
2006-11-23 17:06:20 · answer #3 · answered by Molly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GO TO THIS SITE FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.dental.mu.edu/oralpath/cases/case58/case58a.htm
2006-11-23 18:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋