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Suggest Treatment For Decaying Teeth With Swollen Gums
Okay this question isn't about myself it is about my girlfriend. She is 24 years old and has had toothaches for a very long time, since she was a teenager. She's never seen a dentist before. One of her teeth is decaying, she is always in pain because of it. She recently told me it is an abscessed tooth. And that there is a small red spot on her gum around it. She said it could possibly be a hole but it looks like just a small red spot. She does't have the money to see a dentist or have it pulled or treated. She has been waiting on her medicaid for almost a year and they keep messing it up. I'm scared she might die :/ please.. what can we do? I have no job and she has no job and no one will help us. We need to get her tooth fixed before its too late :/
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
Hi.. Thanks for using this app.first I would tell you decay tooth needs immediate treatment like filling rct or extraction. Until unless decay is not removed you can't get rid of it.antibiotic and pain killer will give you temporary relief .but you need to see dentist.hope as soon as you get your mediclaim start your treatment..
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The pain in the tooth could be because of the tooth infection. The red spot is because of the pus discharging sinus tract secondary to abscess in the root tip of the infected tooth.
You can take a course of antibiotics and analgesics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days.
Do saline gargling.
You have to consult a endodontist to get the infected tooth treated. there is no other option.
After taking antibiotics you can get the tooth treated with RCT(if bone support is fine) or extraction for tooth infection.
Do not worry your girl friend will not die because of this reason. Try to get it treated as early as possible, wherever you can get it done free.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
The pain in the tooth could be because of the tooth infection. The red spot is because of the pus discharging sinus tract secondary to abscess in the root tip of the infected tooth.
You can take a course of antibiotics and analgesics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days.
Do saline gargling.
You have to consult a endodontist to get the infected tooth treated. there is no other option.
After taking antibiotics you can get the tooth treated with RCT(if bone support is fine) or extraction for tooth infection.
Do not worry your girl friend will not die because of this reason. Try to get it treated as early as possible, wherever you can get it done free.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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