Abscess ruptured?

Question

I had a root canal on Wednesday, which stirred up bacteria and caused a pretty bad infection that caused my face and neck to swell really bad. At the time I had a "small abscess" nothing visible at the gums. Thursday I went to the dentist again, he cleaned and capped the tooth and gave me Clindamycin 300 mg to help with the infection. I went to the ER later that day where they gave me an IV of Clindamycin and did a CT scan of me. At the time, no major abscess and no infection in my blood. Fast foward to today, the swelling has reduced, but this morning I had two boils near the tooth that I had the root canal on. This even I had a rancid taste in my mouth, checked the minor and there was pus flowing out of the base of my gum, so I'm assuming whatever abscess I did have ruptured. I have another appointment on Monday, will I be OK during the weekend? I'm on antibiotics and the condition appears to be improving (less swelling and pain).

Answer 1

You should be fine as long as you continue your antibiotics. The infection has to drain somewhere and unfortunatly it is in your mouth. Try a warm salt water rinse (use like mouthwash-try to hold it for a while before spitting it out), it will cleanse your mouth and promote healing and sooth any discomfort you have. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Call the dentist's service, tell them it is an emergency, and speak to him.
Meanwhile rinse your mouth with diluted Listerine, 1/2 water and 1/2 peroxide, or saltwater if you don't have anything else.
Take your temperature every 6 hours or so - if it starts going up, call the dentist again.
Keep taking the Clindamycin!

Answer 3

HELLO,
FYI IT TAKES ANTIBIOTICS 2-3 DAYS TO BEGIN TO FIGHT THE INFECTION.
FOR THE SWELLING USE WARM, MOIST HEAT AND IBUPROFEN 2-3 TABS EVERY 4-6 HOURS. COLD WON'T WORK FOR THE SWELLING AT THIS POINT. GOOD LUCK.

Answer 4

Yep It burst. Perfectly normal. So is that rancid taste. Enjoy.