tooth abscess?

Question

I am not sure exactly what this is that i have...Ok,at first about a week ago my tooth started hurting and i developed a tooth ache *molar* then it developed into a big lump on my gum *its like under the tooth i guess u would say my jaw bone?* well anyways,the lump is very very sensitive to touc and hurts like hell..i cant eat on that side,it has been throbbing and its red..I was wondering does this sound like an abscess? if so does it sound like it is located on the jaw bone or gumline? and when will it rupture on its own? I been like this for 1 week...I have had an abscess before and it usually ruptures on its own...but this lump is hard and too swollen and hurts too much for me to touch...please help with advice on what i can do at home...

Answer 1

It sounds like you have a fistula.The fistula is the result of an abscessed tooth .The abscess is an infection that first forms around the apex or tip of the root. If left untreated the infection will begin to erode the bone around the tooth. You are most likely going to need root canal in order to save the tooth.

Answer 2

It sounds like an abscessed tooth and it sounds like you have had them before.
You should go to a Dentist and have it checked and taken care of Professionally.
What you can do at home is not a good idea.

Abscesses are an infection and left untreated can cause other systemic problems including heart failure, blood problems and other organ damage.

Answer 3

yes, it is an abcess. you need to take antibiotics 5 days before they can pull it.

EXTRACTIONS

Extractions have to be done well. Normally they pull a tooth out, stick a piece of gauze in there and say bite on it. After the tooth is removed, the socket has to be completely cleaned so that complete healing can occur. If tissue such as torn pieces of ligaments or periosteum is left in the socket and covers the bone, the bone will tend to heal over the top, leaving a hole in the bone, and new bone cannot form. This hole can persist for the rest of the patient's life. It is a chronic infection that is called an alveolar cavitational osteopathosis or cavitation. This means that there is an infected cavity in the bone. These bone infections are only now being seriously researched. If they are fairly easy to prevent by proper socket cleaning, why is this not being done? But many if not most dentists have never heard of cavitations.


CAVITATIONS

A cavitation is an unhealed hole in the jawbone caused by an extracted tooth [or a root canal or an injury to a tooth]. Since wisdom teeth are the most commonly extracted teeth, most cavitations are found in the wisdom tooth sites. Please see the graphic and photo below to get a glimpse of what may be in your mouth and the effects it is having. The photo and diagram demonstrate the destructive and pathologic consequence of a routine tooth extraction. Dentists are taught in dental school that once they pull a tooth, the patient's body heals the resulting hole in the jawbone. However, approximately 95% of all tooth extractions result in a pathologic defect called a cavitation. The tooth is attached to the jawbone by a periodontal ligament which is comprised of "jillions" of microscopic fibers. One end of each fiber is attached to the jawbone and the other end of the fiber is attached to the tooth root. When a tooth is extracted, the fibers break midway between the root and the bone. This leaves the socket (the area where the root was anchored in the bone) coated with periodontal ligament fibers.

There are specialized cells in the bone called osteoblasts. Osteoblasts make new bone. The word "osteoblast" means bone former. They are active during growth and maintenance. However, the periodontal ligament prevents the osteoblasts from filling in the tooth socket with bone since the periodontal ligament fibers lining the socket act as a barrier beyond which the osteoblasts cannot form bone. In other words, an osteoblast "sees" a tooth when it "sees" periodontal ligament fibers. Since there are billions of bacteria in the mouth, they easily get into the open tooth socket. Since the bone is unable to fill in the defect of the socket, the newly formed "cavitation" is now infected. Since there is no blood supply to the "cavitation" it is called "ischemic" or "avascular" (without a blood supply). This results in necrosis (tissue death). Hence we call a cavitation an unhealed, chronically infected, avascular, necrotic hole in the bone. The defect acts to an acupuncture meridian the same way a dead tooth (or root canal tooth) acts. It causes an interference field on the meridian which can impair the function and health of other tissues, organs and structures on the meridian. Significantly, the bacteria in the cavitation also produce the same deadly toxins that are produced by the bacteria in root canals (see Root Canals). These toxins are thio-ethers (most toxic organic substance known to man), thio-ethanols, and mercaptans. They have been found in the tumors in women with breast cancer.

Answer 4

You should see a dentist as soon as you can... there was a recent story about a boy dying because he did not get an abscessed tooth treated.. if the infection spreads it could be bad. also there could be another health problem going on as well that you may not be aware of

Answer 5

Sounds worse than a normal abscess. It could be the first stages of periodontal disease. Try some warm salt water several times daily, and if that doesn't help, you should go to a dentist.

Answer 6

it might be infection=it could also be a wisdom tooth trying to grow in under the tooth that hurts
no matter what it is get it checked out so if it is infected it wont go through your body

Answer 7

Go get antibiotics ASAP. No need to mess around with this.

Answer 8

you need to go to a dentist, you probably have an infection that could spread to you body. you need antibiotics