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Suggest Remedy For Severely Abscessed Tooth

I have an abscessed tooth and the abscess has formed deep by the jaw bone my face by lower jaw is swollen and my ear has ached for about 2 days now and this evening it has become painful to swallow it seems the pain is moving lower I have been taking amoxicillin for about 3 days and there is some relief to the actual pain at the tooth site but the other areas affected not so much what do you suggest I do now
Thu, 21 Aug 2014
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helloo..read thru ur query..and im glad that ur pain has subsided but to removing it completely requires treatment of the cause(abscess in tooth)..for that u have to meet an endodontist take xray see how far infection has reached and get rootcanal treatment +crown done(saving a tooth is precious)i suggest u to meet him as earlyas possible in the meanwhile u can do warm salt water gargle twice daily avoid biting with that side and continue antibiotics course....be cool and happy...ur going to be fine soon...hope ur benefitted something with this reply..have a healthy day!!!
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Suggest Remedy For Severely Abscessed Tooth

helloo..read thru ur query..and im glad that ur pain has subsided but to removing it completely requires treatment of the cause(abscess in tooth)..for that u have to meet an endodontist take xray see how far infection has reached and get rootcanal treatment +crown done(saving a tooth is precious)i suggest u to meet him as earlyas possible in the meanwhile u can do warm salt water gargle twice daily avoid biting with that side and continue antibiotics course....be cool and happy...ur going to be fine soon...hope ur benefitted something with this reply..have a healthy day!!!