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Can A Sore Small Hole Behind Bottom Left Molar Cause Terrible Breath ?

i have a small hole behind my bottom left molar. it started off as just being sore and then the gum started to pull away from the tooth. today it looked like there was puss in it so i tried to clean it out with tweezers and a whiteish clump came out of it that looked like a wart. it has been causing terrible breath
Fri, 21 Feb 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  's  Response
hello thanks for your query,
the features you are giving looks like a periodontal abscess means collection of the pus around the gums of the tooth.. you need to take a radiograph to rule out any decay in that tooth... you can do saline gargling and consult a dentist and later you can start with a course of antibiotics (doxycycline). following that you can go for oral prophylaxis....
thanking you...
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Dentist,  Dr. Priyanka Tiwari's  Response
Hello, Welcome Thanks for consulting HCM,
I have gone through your query, as you have mentioned that you have hole behind molar may be your tooth is carious , in that food logdement is there which you feel as white lump ,

May be there is Abcess formation so go to dentist and get investigations done go for proper treatment Root canal treatment and do warm saline gargle two - three times a day

Hope this will help you
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Can A Sore Small Hole Behind Bottom Left Molar Cause Terrible Breath ?

hello thanks for your query, the features you are giving looks like a periodontal abscess means collection of the pus around the gums of the tooth.. you need to take a radiograph to rule out any decay in that tooth... you can do saline gargling and consult a dentist and later you can start with a course of antibiotics (doxycycline). following that you can go for oral prophylaxis.... thanking you...