This Knot on My Forehead Is Waking Me Up Again at 3 at on Saturday Morning on December 4th
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What were symptoms and signs of your dental abscess? Submit Your Comment
Comment from: BH94, 25-34 Male person (Patient) Published: July 26
I had tenderness on my cheekbone for weeks, and on and off toothache, but nothing severe with my dental abscess. Suddenly my face started to swell to the point it caused my middle to close. I went to Accident and Emergency (Emergency Room in the US). They eventually admitted me to a ward, started a course of IV antibiotics and made an incision in my gum higher up the broken tooth. The md and then squeezed my face to manually remove what felt similar a gallon of pus from behind my cheek, via the gum incision. Half dozen hours later I take been discharged.
Comment from: Neilandsue, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: June 04
I have unbearable tooth ache from my dental abscess, 3 days into taking amoxicillin. Ice cold lollypops on gums ease it a bit.
Comment from: Joanna , 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: May 26
My symptom of dental abscess was pain that started moderate and so escalated into severe pain. Throbbing was felt in molar merely severe pain was relieved when I was walking about. Hurting is not relieved by tramadol. I have infection associated fever and malaise.
Comment from: Joanne12 , 35-44 Female person (Patient) Published: May 26
My dental abscess symptoms was tooth hurting for ii weeks that turned into the worst hurting e'er. No swelling, simply it felt like the tooth was going to explode. I had X-ray, three courses of antibiotics, but no relief despite heavy duty analgesics. I needed extraction but the dentist referred me to a specialist as the root was too close to the sinus tract. I was very nauseous and developed a high fever. I had the tooth pulled. It was a horrendous experience, felt relief from pain but took a calendar week to recover from weakness and nausea and 3 weeks of severe hurting and infection, etc.
Comment from: Sampsont1581 , 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: May 24
I woke up Saturday at i:30 in the morning with my left center bloated and the whole left side of my face. It hurt to breathe through my nose and my ear hurt. Then they said I accept a dental abscess in the upper and lower molar. The emergency room (ER) md's banana (PA) merely gave me 15 penicillin pills iii times a day. I been taking over the counter 500 mg 2 times and 3 ibuprofen 200 mg, 4 times a twenty-four hour period. I don't understand. The dentist said they cannot fix my molar till the swelling is gone.
Comment from: Ida, 45-54 (Patient) Published: June 30
I went to the dentist 5 days agone for a dental abscess. I take been taking antibiotics ever since, just I'chiliad still in a lot of pain.
Comment from: Bad molar, 65-74 Female (Caregiver) Published: June 07
This is the third twenty-four hours of antibiotics for a bad dental abscess. Some swelling has gone down merely I am still in a lot of discomfort.
Comment from: Toothy, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: Apr sixteen
I've got a tooth infection from a broken tooth. My oral cavity hardly opens because of the dental abscess and I tin can't become my toothbrush in my oral cavity. I am wondering when information technology volition open again. I'm really scared it will never open again.
Comment from: Benz, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: April 16
I have developed an abscess in my jaw tissue months afterward my wisdom tooth extraction. I went to the dentist and he fabricated a small-scale incision and filed downward a piece of bone only didn't drain my dental abscess. I'g agape the antibiotics aren't going to be plenty to go this massive lump in my face to get abroad and I'm either going to have to go to the emergency room (ER) or have surgery done once more when he should accept tuckered information technology the first time.
Comment from: Crysco, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: Oct xiv
I woke upwards with severe tooth hurting, took some ibuprofen and tried to sleep but no luck. I couldn't eat every bit I couldn't bite downwardly. Later in the day, the swelling started. I went to the dentist first thing Monday morn. I hadn't eaten for a couple days, the hurting was so severe it was making me ill, and the swelling from the dental abscess was getting worse. They gave me antibiotics equally well as hurting medicines. The swelling continued to go worse until my eye swelled shut. The swelling is finally going down, simply very slowly.
Comment from: Not Happy, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: June 26
Wonder if anyone else has experienced this… I went to a dentist to have simple fillings washed. Ii days later they fell out, I went dorsum 'oh,' he says, 'I'll do them once more costless of charge.' 2 weeks later, ane of the fillings falls completely out again! And the other tooth he refilled causes a sever abscess of the cheek with the pain running direct to that tooth he filled. I am wondering if this is a poor dental procedure carried out, and the problem is from but not making sure that all of the disuse has been removed prior to filling.

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I have been on antibiotics since Jan 22nd of 2020 and concluding calendar week my face swelled up so badly from the dental abscess, I got sick. The antibiotics I took this time took my infection away simply now it's starting to bother me once again.
Comment from: Jess, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: March 31
At that place is a blood-red lump from a dental abscess over the socket where I had wisdom molar extracted. The left side of my neck and gland are swollen.
Annotate from: Rick, 65-74 Male (Patient) Published: March 11
I had an infected molar pulled, and had 4 different courses of antibiotics of unlike kinds for my grand=dental abscess. I went to the dentist several times and had 3 x-rays. I had pain in my jawbone from chin to the rear of my jaw when pressure level was applied, a swelled lump near the gland, one-half of my lip burning and numb. The socket seemed to heal fine. I had a CBCT scan after 38 days of antibiotics and 1 1/2 months. Browse showed osteomyelitis. My jaw is ready to interruption and peradventure it is cancer. Wish me luck!
Comment from: L111999, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: February 26
I had my abscess in my tooth and gum. Went untreated for two months and I couldn't swallow or slumber for 2 weeks when it finally got bad. I went to the emergency room and was triaged to the back and started on antibiotics immediately. I had a 9 mm dental abscess and had to finish 10 days of antibiotics before I could become it lanced and drained, a root canal and an implant placed. Still on antibiotics for 4 more than days, and I get a squeamish permanent tooth at xx years onetime. If you feel something off go in!
Comment from: Fitz, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: February nineteen
My dentist found an abscessed tooth, put me on antibiotics, and we scheduled an engagement to extract it. After 5 days on antibiotics I began to experience dizziness and now tin barely walk effectually. Wondering if this is from the dental abscess. I get in tomorrow to have it pulled.
Comment from: Babygirl, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: February 04
I have this huge quarter size dental abscess on the roof of my mouth. I'm on 450 mg of clindamycin and it won't get downwards. I'm so scared it will spread. No fever, only a little ear and jaw pain. I am looking for tips to help bleed it. They said it'due south a hot tooth and so they won't be able to numb information technology earlier lancing it, so they won't cut it open.
Comment from: JoAnn, 75 or over (Patient) Published: January 28
I have a dental abscess, and I have no pain, a slight tenderness to touch the jaw. Wondering if I tin heal the abscess with Listerine and hydrogen peroxide; or if I will have to pull my tooth without the other teeth getting affected, every bit presently as possible.
Annotate from: Cathy, 45-54 Female person (Patient) Published: January xiv
I've been on a 7 day antibody treatment for a dental abscess and the swelling on my face went downwardly. Now that I'g done with the antibiotics my confront is starting to groovy once more.
Comment from: Bhaddbarbie, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: December 31
I feel a lump on my mucilage. I have had this dental abscess for two weeks now. I don't have the money to become it fixed considering I just had a root canal done on a cracked tooth. I'm scared. I have no pain or symptoms but only knowing this is dangerous is very scary. I hope I tin can agree off till next month.
Annotate from: Marilu, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: December 31
I have never been as miserable or in as much pain. I had a crack in the molar that the dentist did non run across and I was sent to take a root culvert. Earlier I got to the root canal things went downhill fast. My face started swelling from the dental abscess, farthermost pain started so bad I could non sleep. The antibiotic that I was beginning put on did non work. I was switched to clindamycin, which by the time I was on it, my face was so bloated it was pushing my lips to the other side. I accept taken information technology for 2 days and a little better.
Comment from: John, 55-64 Male person (Patient) Published: December 18
My boyfriend went to the infirmary on Saturday. They diagnosed him with periodontal disease and from there they put him on antibiotics. The pain medicine in antibiotics is not doing whatsoever good so yesterday he went and had a scan done at a dentist'due south role and the dentist wants to do a root culvert. They say that he has a dental abscess so the antibiotics that they put him on, on the 24th, the dentist said are non doing whatsoever good, so they put them on some other prescription for decision-making the infection.

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Starting time it started off as a tooth anguish. The next solar day I woke up with my left side cheek and jaw bloated from the dental abscess! I have been on medicines but take no insurance to go to the dentist, I am only on painkillers to stop pain but information technology'southward been over 2 days and my face withal looks the same. When will this go away!
Comment from: Stephy, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: December 02
I had adult a dental abscess due to ignoring a minor tooth ache. I ended up in the hospital for 5 days with a major bacterial infection and facial cellulitis. It'due south been 3 weeks since the abscess was tuckered and the molar pulled, and I even so experience flu like weakness. Don't miss the warning signs.
Comment from: Monica, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: November 21
I was waiting for my insurance to approve a root canal on a tooth, but they were taking forever. My dentist tried to shore information technology upwardly while we were waiting for the ok. About 2 weeks later, I woke up with the worst hurting always! I tin can handle a lot, simply I was crying like a infant. This was on a Sunday, so nothing was open. My ear was hurting also and then I thought I might accept a severe earache. I went to the Urgent Intendance and they said it was a dental abscess and gave me drugs - hurting medicine. Do not ignore this. I have to wait 2 weeks for the tooth extraction.
Annotate from: Phph, xix-24 Female (Patient) Published: Nov 05
Three months ago, I had a cracked tooth. There was no pain so I ignored it but pain is starting these last few weeks. My dentist prescribed me to take amoxicillin for 7 days but pain is still in that location on the 4th mean solar day and merely worsens so I went dorsum and told my dentist and she asked me to switch to cephalexin. The pain from the dental abscess went away but there's now pain on my neck and pressure level on my ear and the gums accept become swollen. The pain is tolerable but I am yet afraid because the infection may spread.
Annotate from: miserableinms, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: Oct 17
I simply got diagnosed on Saturday October 12 with ringworm and the doctor gave me a prescription for an ointment. I have nigh 6 to 8 lesions, and very small-scale. Simply every 24-hour interval I get new ones. When will new lesions stop! As well I have difficulty putting medicine on it on my dorsum equally I can't reach it. And how to work with this! I tin can wear long sleeves only information technology's on my hands and wrists as well. And if it'southward on your hands and you get to the bathroom or have a shower, I am worried it will spread. The doctor didn't think too much of it.
Comment from: Helpmytoothpain, 25-34 Male person (Patient) Published: October 08
I had a root culvert and crown placed v years ago and out of nowhere my tooth got infected and acquired a great amount of pain. I saw a dentist for my dental abscess who said I had an infection nether the roots and information technology was acquired by a cracked tooth nether the crown, which meant I needed it extracted and an implant placed. He gave me antibiotics and pain medicines but 3 days later it'southward a weekend and my face up and gums are and then swollen it looks like I'thou holding a baseball in my cheek. Wonder if I should await till tomorrow and call the dentist again.
Comment from: Sabrinea, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: October 08
I had a cavity on the upper left side. I think there was decay left when the crown was put on because within the year information technology turned into a dental abscess. The abscessed tooth was pulled. I was on antibiotics but I yet accept that salty taste in my mouth later almost two weeks. I wonder if this is normal.
Annotate from: Toothless, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: September 27
I went to the dentist with a dental abscess, every bit an emergency walk-in. They did see me and the doctor put me on antibiotics 3 times a twenty-four hour period for 10 days. I was scheduled for a 2nd visit just for impressions, they didn't pull the bad molar. I finished my antibiotics. I've only been able to chew food on my left side, but information technology has now begun to be sore and there is swelling in my gums. My 3rd visit is scheduled for October 1st and it'southward for a wax fitting for dentures. I tin can't understand why they are making me look, I'll stop up with another abscess again.
Annotate from: Lisa, 45-54 Male person (Caregiver) Published: September 23
About 20 years ago my husband was striking in the mouth with a baseball bat he never saw coming. All the jaw wiring and taking intendance merely years later to notice i of the 2 pins holding his jaw on had worked their way out and the roots of his center molar are acting upwards like a tooth ache causing swelling on one side of his face. Overnight his face has continued to swell from the dental abscess and he's getting a black eye. I don't know what to do, I'1000 at a loss.
Comment from: Surfermike00, 45-54 Female person (Patient) Published: September 17
I accept had a tooth infection for a few days. In pain, after starting antibiotics that I know I'k not allergic to (amoxicillin), my cheek swelled upwardly so much information technology's even on the side of my nose. My lips are swollen, and the entire side of my face looks like I'thou holding an apple. This happened 18 hours after starting antibiotics. On day three, it is getting worse. I have no pain but massive swelling in face and lips.
Comment from: Kjlai, nineteen-24 Female (Patient) Published: September 04
I had an infected dental abscess, and I was on antibiotics. Pus was coming out of the extraction site, I could literally button on my cheek and it'll come out! It was gross, and smelled so bad I immediately chosen the dentist. They brought me in the next day and my cheek was so inflamed I looked like I had a jawbreaker in my left cheek. The dentist took a look, numbed me up, cut open up a part of my gum and squeezed out the pus. It hurt badly fifty-fifty with the numbing medication but two days afterward I felt then much better and relieved.
Comment from: Joshua, 35-44 Male (Patient) Published: Baronial sixteen
I had a dental abscess that had my face up swollen and information technology ruptured. Now it is no longer painful but the area of my face is still swollen and getting difficult, and I can barely open my mouth. It besides has fluid building upward under my mentum.
Annotate from: Brad, 19-24 Male (Patient) Published: Baronial 07
I had a crack in my molar which caused an abscess at the tip of my root. I was put on amoxicillin for vii days. I was in agony and nothing would take the hurting away. I then went to get my tooth extracted at an emergency appointment and the abscess was however there when they pulled information technology. This led to an infection in the socket (making me quite sick for a couple of days afterwards). I went back to the dentist and was put on another 7 days of amoxicillin. I'one thousand still in desperation with it.
Comment from: Jen, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: August 06
I have an infected tooth. I got amoxicillin/clavulanate 875 and this is my 2nd day taking them. This forenoon I woke up to my face up bloated, my cervix hurts, and I'thou in worse pain then before. I wonder if this is normal with a dental abscess.
Comment from: Stonecoldmac , 45-54 Female person (Patient) Published: July 18
I had a dental abscess on the back molar. I was prescribed 500 mg amoxicillin 4 per 24-hour interval for ten days. It improved but didn't go away. Four days afterward the last amoxicillin I'thou at the Urgent Intendance. Physician's assistant prescribed Augmentin two per mean solar day for seven days. I'm ii days from beingness washed and I'm still in pain. I am getting worried at present that information technology'south more than just tooth issue. Ugh. Wonder if anyone else has whatsoever similar incident and if so, the outcome.
Comment from: MeowMeow, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: July 09
I noticed signs of swelling on the side of my jaw area where my dental abscess is located, and that same evening had major toothache. Dental do issued 5 days of antibiotics on twenty-four hours iii and still no signs of the swelling going down.
Comment from: Shirl, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: July 02
My gums had been irritated after I went to a barbeque. Ii days afterward I woke up to a swollen jaw. I was in then much pain I went to the emergency room and found out I had a dental abscess. They didn't bleed it. I received antibiotics and pain medicines. I feel much amend after three days on antibiotics just it is withal swollen. Im going out of town In half-dozen days, hopefully by then it will be over.
Annotate from: Helen , 75 or over Female person (Patient) Published: July 02
My tooth number 11 is abscessed and there is swelling in the surface area near my eye with a large knot, black heart and it is red. I am taking clindamycin 150, accept a low class temperature and now throwing up.
Comment from: Blind, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: June 20
2 years ago, I had a filling placed in my upper molars on both sides. My dentist told me, I would need root canals soon and gave me reference to the endodontist. I waited considering at the time, I had no insurance. Well, I never should have put that off because two years later I woke with my whole mouth achy. I went nearly my day and it simply got worse. The side by side day, I was in then much pain from the dental abscess, and no dentists were open so I ended up in an emergency dispensary that was the simply one open!
Comment from: Tom, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: June 05
I had red swollen gums and the dental abscess started to turn green and white in some spots. It is forth the entire left top gum.
Comment from: wtf practise I do? , 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: May 21
My failed top root canal started a dental abscess and started to injure super badly, and I started antibiotics. Usually information technology starts working right away only the next day it started swelling and I had worse pain. Yesterday, afterwards 4 days of swelling/pain was really bad but the dentist said I hadn't given the antibiotics enough time. My doctor sent me 2 the emergency room (ER) and I was given four Four antibiotics the aforementioned dark. Pain isn't equally bad a couple hours after taking the medicines, but comes back couple hours later. Swelling is even worse, pushing my left sinus and eye close, downward to my neck. The dentist and the ER doctor don't care.
Comment from: Debbie I, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: April 19
I have a half broken, half rotten tooth in the back (molar) and the one next to it is also half broken and turning a dissimilar colour. I knew for many months that these teeth were bad. Simply they didn't hurt. Suddenly 5 days ago my molar started to severely hurt, and I can't chew. I shut my oral cavity without those two teeth touching the top teeth and they are throbbing. They injure so bad sometimes I get pressure in my head. Information technology scares me. Inside around the tooth it's very red, I believe it is definitely a dental abscess.
Comment from: Lucy, 75 or over Female (Patient) Published: April 15
I had a pea sized boil on the mucilage over the center of the expanse where an upper 4 tooth bridge was located. Ten-rays showed an abscessed molar under 1 of the teeth with a mail in information technology. I took antibiotics for the dental abscess for 7 days. Now, a year plus afterwards, gum boil covers three of the bridge teeth. I am 96 with diabetes 2, and with adventure of further infection due to non-healing possibility, surgery is iffy. Don't know what to do. Leaving it there is risky also. No pain yet.
Comment from: Lindsay, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: Apr 08
I accept been on antibiotics for 5 days at present for a dental abscess. I can't bear this pain, it is unreal. I don't know what to practice.
Comment from: Toothproblems, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: March 26
I have had a throbbing jaw right upward to my ear and swelling on the left side underneath my middle and beyond cheek and jaw for 3.5 weeks from my dental abscess, as dentist won't do anything. I have a severe headache tin can't be relieved with painkillers. I wonder if abscesses under root fillings can be seen on x-ray.
Annotate from: Jjohnson, 35-44 Female person (Patient) Published: Jan 16
I'k on my 6th day of 2 different antibiotics plus the pain medicines for my dental abscess and nil has changed. My cheek looks like I'thousand storing a golf ball. My life is awful right at present.
Comment from: Sarah chocolate-brown , 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: January 02
I accept an infection in my molar. I was given a v mean solar day course of antibiotics. I'1000 on the 3rd day of medication and I'm however in so much hurting from the dental abscess.
Comment from: Harry , 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: November 30
I recently had an abscessed tooth. Subsequently going to the emergency room to have the infection lanced and tuckered I had the tooth pulled. I've been on 3 rounds of antibiotics (penicillin, clindamycin, and metronidazole) and after 4 weeks I still have a swollen jaw.
Annotate from: Kdement, 45-54 Female person (Patient) Published: Oct 09
I take been on amoxicillin for five days now to treat my dental abscess. I withal accept pain and swelling in my jaw area and I tin can hardly swallow.
Comment from: Lucifer-morningstar , 19-24 Male person (Patient) Published: September xiii
My jaw is swollen all under the left side, and I know information technology'southward a dental abscess. I've had one before, with the aforementioned tooth as the problem but didn't have the money to sort it out. Lucky that I do now, merely I have no real pain in the tooth besides a slight pain in the glue. But my jaw hurts more than it did concluding time. I can't get to the dentist yet, as although I'one thousand going to go the coin needed I still demand to be paid it, I accept 2 more days.
Annotate from: Rob, 55-64 Male person (Patient) Published: September eleven
I had ii abscessed teeth and this acquired my cheek to groovy upwardly and I was in a lot of pain. I had a massive gum boil and information technology took several trips to the dentist to sort this out. Get to your dentist every bit possible to avert atrocious pain.
Comment from: Fenceman, 35-44 Male (Patient) Published: September 11
My right middle tooth broke at the mucilage while eating pizza. Now almost 2 weeks later there is a dental abscess at the root. It is Saturday morning and no dentist is open. It's a lot of pain and I don't know how to get information technology out.
Comment from: Trentspo, 25-34 Male (Patient) Published: Baronial 28
I had no symptoms of dental abscess. In 2015 I had a filling. In June 2018 I told my dentist I had a knot in the gum, merely the tooth didn't injure. I've been on antibiotics 2 months, 3 cycles, information technology still hasn't stale up. He tried an extraction this morning, but I had too much pain, for the first fourth dimension, when he tried numbing it. Now I'g to go to an oral surgeon to exist put to sleep, plus bone graft and sinus lift to prep for implant. I guess I'm lucky, I've had no pain whatever.
Comment from: Joceldust , 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: August 17
I had throbbing, unrelenting hurting all through the surrounding gum line from the dental abscess and a bad taste in my mouth at times. I permit information technology go too long and information technology spread to my face up tissue and so I was besides diagnosed with cellulitis two times. My whole face was bloated. I was on antibiotics multiple times for it till I could have the tooth extracted. At the end of the pills information technology would come to a head and bleed. Eventually I had put information technology off for too long and the antibiotics wouldn't work at all anymore. I had to accept an emergency extraction.
Comment from: infectrd root canal, 75 or over (Patient) Published: August 07
I have swelling on my lower left jaw. It injure when I ate, at present I am on antibiotics for dental abscess. The swelling has gone and I can consume but I go along getting, not a headache but pain on the left side at the back base of my neck.
Annotate from: Buddha, 25-34 Male (Patient) Published: July thirty
I've had like a tiny yellow dot in my mouth now forever. Now the whole bottom of my mouth where this dental abscess is, is completely swollen and pounding.
Comment from: Margaret, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: July 10
My symptoms of dental abscess were oral lesions, drainage, loose teeth, and pain in my oral fissure, and jaw.
Annotate from: Mama lisa, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: Oct 03
It started as a toothache on left side cheek. I take had pains, ear aches, and glands injure. I am even starting to get herpes sores. I went to my dentist and took ten-rays. He said I need root canal because of the dental abscess. Well, I went in yesterday and said I am still in pain but he seems to retrieve the antibiotics should exist working. He did file a couple of teeth down which felt improve, but today my face is swollen and information technology hurts inside of cheek and exterior. So I should be having a root canal done in two days, with the swelling I take been on medicines for a week, and now even Advil is not helping much.
Annotate from: aunt, 55-64 Female person (Patient) Published: December 07
I had a terrible rash on my arms and legs, large blisters that my doctor couldn't diagnose. I went to a dermatologist who suggested that I become to a dentist. Information technology seems that often an abscessed tooth can cause a blood infection that results in a rash. The dentist had never heard of this, but took an x-ray for me (I'd had no pain), and sure enough, I had a large abscess. Three or four years subsequently, I still accept unsightly scars from the rash on my legs.
Comment from: Jasper, 35-44 Male (Caregiver) Published: April 07
Interested myself. I but recently had a 'client' with an oral abscess inside his gum line near the roof of the mouth (from a tooth). It was pressure indeed. This morning he woke up and the swelling went downward quite a bit but no pus was coming from the site. All solar day long no hurting and the dental abscess is shrinking. I am wondering as to where information technology went or is draining to. The dentist won't exist available till the next piece of work day (2days).
Annotate from: Renee, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: June xxx
I had a bad tooth for years. I got it extracted and now I take a cyst on my neck under my jaw where I use to get dental abscesses a lot. It's not painful but ugly. I was wondering if my main doctor could lance information technology. It bleeds a little with some fluid if I squeeze it, but doesn't have any white or nothing weird in it. Wonder if there is something I can do at habitation or if I should become to my doctor. I've been on antibiotics, but this just popped upward final week.
Comment from: Clara, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: February 24
I had a root canal treatment, and after that they left it hollow. They took an x-ray and noticed information technology was fractured. I've not been back to get it fixed as the root canal treatment left me scared and has left my jaw with a large lump and it is bloated. Worried that the root might have broken inside my gum and caused a dental abscess.
Comment from: Michelle , 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: Nov fourteen
I had a dental abscess announced on the morning I woke upwardly. I went to the dentist, he took out the problem tooth, and put me on antibiotics. Everything seems to be going down fine, I still have a little swelling in my gum but proceed getting earache. I wonder if this ways another abscess is edifice somewhere else.
Comment from: Joseph, 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: September twenty
This is the second fourth dimension I got an abscess. I noticed that when my upper teeth injure slightly, soon after a pocket-size ball develops on the roof of my rima oris. Later some days with rinsing of oral wash information technology bursts and pus comes out with some claret.
Annotate from: Shay, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: September 13
Ten years ago I got a tooth pulled and every now then a Rollie Ball comes within my cheek, right by my jaw. Yous can't see information technology, just feel it. It will stay for about iii to vii days and go away. And if I don't accept intendance of my teeth properly it volition come (which I try my best to). Sometimes it hurts but nigh of the time it doesn't. Yous can just feel it there. I was wondering if information technology is a dental abscess.
Comment from: David, 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: August 27
I just had a one-half of a root culvert done because of a dental abscess. The tooth is infected. The dentist did a half root canal, so put in a temporary crown. I woke up the next morning and the side of my face is really swollen.
Comment from: B, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: August 21
I had a dental abscess infection. I've been taking antibiotics for six days. I had the tooth and abscess extracted three days agone. I don't know why my face is still sore and swollen. I wonder if this is normal.
Comment from: raymart, 75 or over Male (Patient) Published: July 26
My cheek is still swollen from the dental abscess after seven days of medicines.
Annotate from: Ncm , 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: July 02
I've got a dental abscess and have been given amoxicillin for five days. I've completed day 1 but my swelling is getting bigger. I've been taking ibuprofen for it also. I'm not certain what to do.
Comment from: Tola, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: June 03
I did a root culvert 6 years ago, after which I crowned my tooth but at present my glue is swollen. I am worried if I have a dental abscess which is causing the swollen mucilage and a little ache.
Comment from: Cally, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: April 17
I scrap on something hard and it dissever my tooth, earlier it was just a cleft. I developed major swelling of the cheek and jaw on that side. Subsequently 2 days I had the molar removed and take footling pain, just persistent swollen jaw. When volition it go away!
Comment from: Sinone, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: November 29
Wondering if I am having a dental abscess. I came upward with swollen glands about a calendar week ago which to my noesis I idea could have possibly been my thyroids. However I then noticed tonight my gum was swollen on the dorsum on my correct upper oral fissure by my wisdom tooth. My face is going cherry-red and I have been having tingling in my face up simply my face isn't swollen at all.
Comment from: I am in pain, 25-34 Female person (Patient) Published: August 09
I had sudden swelling overnight, to the size of my mouth, only after my wisdom tooth extraction. I had the swelling from dental abscess once again 1 calendar week after the process.
Annotate from: A.C., 45-54 Female person (Patient) Published: July xiii
My left jaw has been bloated with a dental abscess since last Friday, it is now Wednesday. I started on my antibiotics Sunday evening and I have to take them for 7 days. Hope my face up swelling goes down inside the 7th twenty-four hours.
Comment from: NanaKaki, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: Dec 04
I take a gum infection. My face up on that side is slightly swollen and sore. There is no pus pockets anywhere. I hurt all the way up to my eye socket. I live on an isle and the lake is non frozen enough for me to go the primary state. I have been dealing with the pain for over a week now.
Comment from: Meriba, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: March 17
Thanks for allowing me to express myself. I have this serious toothache and bloated jaw, information technology has taken me a year and after every month it appears. Recently, I decide to remove T3 tooth hoping for my lower jaw to stop swelling and paining but information technology is still the same. My physician can't manage my state of affairs I don't know how I can become off this chronic monthly pains.
Comment from: Sweetbrownsugar, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: August 05
I woke up one morning to observe my jaw swollen up similar a golf brawl. I kept a close watch on it several days. with no modify I went to urgent intendance was told it was a swelling in my soft tissue prior to this I had a very bad cold my glands were swollen likewise. Was given antibiotics. And since I had no pain not to worry in less a dramatic modify. Then off I went over again swelling went down still a knot in my jaw, no pain. I render this time was told stronger antibiotic. Return once again was told that abscess is soft mine is difficult. Referred to a infirmary to have a cat scan to brand sure it was non a tumor or something. Was told again it was a Harding in the soft tissue of my jaw should go away on its ain not to worry. For some reason I didn't settle with this I had a feeling it was my tooth by this time the swelling went downwards looks like a boil on the outside of my cheek that is at present draining puss with a foul odor non in one case have I had any pain. Two weeks later I arrive at my dentist appointment. After x-rays was told I had an abscess on my molar the infection has traveled away from my molar and stored in my jaw nil they tin do. Referred me to a specialist in the San Francisco an hour away from habitation. So I thought the specialist ends up existence a dentistry school I can't believe information technology. This is still ongoing at present I have a paring in my cheek it appears from the infection eating at my tissue.
Comment from: emma - worried mum, 7-12 Female (Caregiver) Published: December 09
My seven yr one-time daughter has just come out of infirmary after 6 days! Due to an abscess! No complaints well-nigh her teeth were made by her recently! She woke upwards on the Monday with a slightly swollen cheek, took her to the doctors got told it was a viral infection! The next twenty-four hours her eye was besides swollen slightly took her back to the doctors and told the same every bit before! By Wednesday morning her whole right side was swollen and her heart completely shut, took her to er and they found the abscess and rushed her downwardly for surgery! Iii days later she had another drainage op done as more than build up in her confront as there was so much! Parents beware how quick things develop in a kid!
Comment from: 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: May 24
This started 4 months ago. The inside of my tooth literally barbarous out so I went to a dentist and they filled it in. Then the hurting actually started. I usually accept a very loftier tolerance for pain but I couldn't stand this. I called the aforementioned dentist, he gave me antibody and I went back to run into him once more. This fourth dimension he shaved off the tooth where it was rubbing the height 1. That did not aid either. My cheek is now three times its normal size and I have a dental appt. with another dentist to get my abscessed tooth pulled. I accept been to this other dentist but they wouldn't practise anything w/o taking x-rays of my teeth because I'd never been there before. So I have to look another two weeks before I'm finally, finally able to become this tooth pulled. They told me my options were to spend a lot of money for a root canal or not so much coin to get it pulled. I'm done with this pain it'southward gonna be out of there but I still have to wait about 2 weeks.
Annotate from: Deborah, 45-54 Female person (Patient) Published: April 28
I had a dental abscess tuckered so I went to dentist for follow up. He extracted four teeth. I still accept a lump where the abscess was drained, I am non sure that is normal.
Annotate from: Xavier, 25-34 Male (Patient) Published: September 04
I had 5 teeth removed but ane had a dental abscess that I didn't know about. Then the dentist put some kind of brownish stuff inside that tastes similar cloves but some of information technology came out later an hour. Not sure if that is normal.
Annotate from: P1, 35-44 Male (Patient) Published: August 05
On twenty-four hours six of antibiotics and yet no change to my abscess on my face. It was acquired from ruptured cyst under pare.
Comment from: Mary, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: July 19
I have infection on my mucilage 5 weeks after getting my tooth out because of dental abscess. The antibiotics are not working.
Comment from: .susan, 55-64 Male person (Patient) Published: March 01
I had a dental abscess for 2 weeks and had 2 lots of antibiotics following a root canal. They accept left a cleaved file in the root.
Comment from: Taurean , 25-34 Male person (Patient) Published: December 28
I am trying to get rid of a dental abscess I've had over 10 years. I am desperate at this signal.
Annotate from: Mbalenhle, 19-24 Female person (Patient) Published: September 04
I just had a molar removed because it caused an abscess above information technology. The molar removed had a filling. The dentist only extracted the tooth merely didn't drain the abscess, I hope it will drain itself.
Comment from: Gary, 25-34 Female person (Patient) Published: August 28
My eye is swollen nigh airtight, I've had a dental abscess which is all the same at that place; perhaps I should go to the hospital.
Comment from: Emmi J, 3-6 Female (Caregiver) Published: August 21
My 5 twelvemonth former granddaughter needs an abscessed tooth pulled so her pediatrician dentist gave her an antibody to take before it'southward to be pulled. Now the child has broken out on her confront and dorsum with a red rash like measles spots. I wonder if she could be allergic to the medicine.
Comment from: Bella, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: Jan 28
My abscess started with hurting more often than not in my oral fissure and an ulcer on my the within of my lesser lip. The doctor said I had oral thrush and gave me medication. The next twenty-four hours I had a massive toothache and went to the dentist to find I had an abscess. He prescribed anti-biotics and Penicillin. For three days I was crying in extreme pain but after that information technology started to settle. I am even so to have some handling on my tooth but the dentist said he cannot do anything until the abscess heals as the injection for numbness of the area before dental surgery will not work with an inflamed abscess.
Annotate from: bopeanut, 45-54 Male person (Patient) Published: Baronial xviii
My symptoms started nearly a calendar week ago with sensitivity to hot and cold on the correct side (upper and lower) of my mouth. I bought Sensodyne and figured the sensitive toothpaste would work. Later a few days of struggling with the sensitivity, pain started kicking in on the upper molar that had a crown put on it about six months prior. I went to the dentist on the fourth day which, unfortunately, was a 24-hour interval or two tardily to avoid the infection getting so bad I could not sleep. Later on ii days of intense hurting, the antibiotics seem to be kicking in. I programme on having the root canal washed side by side week. The expert news is that I will know for next time what this feels like. DON'T ignore the early on signs and suffer like I have.
Comment from: dkr, 25-34 (Patient) Published: June 24
I had two cleaved teeth at the back of my mouth. I kept treating myself with painkillers. 1 day I woke upward with a swollen face up. I went to the dentist who said I had an abscess that had started with the root of the broken tooth. He took out both teeth and drained the abscess and so sent me abroad with antibiotics.
Annotate from: kellie, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: November 04
I take had toothache for a week now finally went to the dentist yesterday because my face was starting to swell upward. I have an abscess in my tooth and had a root canal done. I woke up this morning time and my confront is fifty-fifty more than bloated and my eye is about closing.
Comment from: Merlynn, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: October 08
First I had the feeling that something was in my ears. I had a bad salty sense of taste in my mouth. And so I developed an earache. My tooth felt tender with some hurting once in a while. I went to my dentist and had 10-rays done and found that I needed a root canal. I never knew that a bad salty taste in your mouth was a symptom of a dental abscess or I would accept sought dental care sooner.
Comment from: lizzy, Female person (Patient) Published: May 22
Terminal Friday that I had toothache that made me unbearable, and so went to encounter the dentist in an emergency. I had an X-Ray and institute out that ane of the teeth under the gold crown had abscessed. The dentist prescribed me some antibiotics. I found myself with a swollen jaw and unable to sleep. And so, yesterday I went dorsum to the dentist and had the gilt crown removed and allow the abscess drain. I have to go back to the dentist in two weeks' time to check the progress. Final night I finally had a good night of sleep.
Comment from: RobinW, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: December 24
I had on and off sensitivity to cold for about a year then a full blown painful toothache. The tooth afflicted was a virgin tooth. now I am having same symptoms on same tooth on the opposite side.
Comment from: Cindy, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: Oct 09
I have had a LOT ($100,000) of dental piece of work over 40 years due to an immune disease. For 2 years I had a crash-land in my mouth above an upper molar on the right. After asking several dentists of one type or some other to bank check it out, and one finally did and discovered it was an abscess. My symptoms starting 10 months before and included extreme naps for 3-5 hours every day! I had continuous nose bleeds and mucus, a sinus infection, and sweating. I had no oral pain for 23 of the 24 months I had the abscess - until it finally was getting a fiddling tender. The good news once it was opened upward, I am well and back on rails. Cheers to the doctor who helped me.
Annotate from: Lollie, 55-64 Female person Published: June 08
I had astringent pain and swelling of my lower jaw.
Annotate from: pris, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: April xxx
I accept had this abscess for long time. Now it's located on my jaw due to a crenel infection. Dental intendance is so expensive, simply I'm then scared because I have no way out. I just don't want it to escalate to annihilation else. I have no pain, simply I worry when I feel the ball. I'm besides embarrassed to go to a dentist due to the foul odor they say when yous have with an abscess.
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