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Can I Use Flag1 For Dental Abcess?
Can Flagl alone help with a dental abscess I ve had 9 days. It began 2 days before and lasted after 2nd root canal on tooth? I m allergic to all other drugs used for that. It is draining & was almost gone, but gum swelled again following being capped. Now draining again. My teeth feel very uneven & hit wrong. Adjustments didn t help & 2 teeth are very sore form hitting wrong. Does abscess need to be gone before extracting the tooth? Dosage of Flagl? My endodontist said with my allergies, that I could try letting it drain on it s own since source of infection was gone with RCT.
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
Hello, thank you for sharing your problem with healthcaremagic.
Flagyl is also an antibiotic but not so effective in root canal but if you were allergic to other drugs that is why the doctor must have given you this.
But still if you are feeling draining pus it means infection is still present, I think you should visit another dentist and get an x - ray done, in which it will be sure that weather the infection has gone by the root canal treatment or still present.
Hope it will help you.
Flagyl is also an antibiotic but not so effective in root canal but if you were allergic to other drugs that is why the doctor must have given you this.
But still if you are feeling draining pus it means infection is still present, I think you should visit another dentist and get an x - ray done, in which it will be sure that weather the infection has gone by the root canal treatment or still present.
Hope it will help you.
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