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Suggest Treatment For Dental Abscess

Hi. MY boyfriend had an abcessed tooth and he had a hole on his jaw/check where puss was coming out. The problem is its been about a year and a half and the hole (with a bump on the jaw) and the puss is still there .Could you help?

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Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Dentist,  's  Response
Hello,

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Read your query as your friend had abscess in tooth this pus formation can be due to carious tooth or due to poor periodontal condition . If pus formation is due to carious tooth then treatment can be done is root canal treatment and if pus formation is due to periodontal problem then go for scaling and curretage .
I will suggest you to do warm saline rinses 2 -3 tiime a day , brush your reeth twice daily and consult dentist for oral examination and treatment.

Hope this will help you.
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Dentist, Implantology,  Dr. Ralph Jacobs's  Response
Your boyfriend needs a dental exam and x-ray to determine the origin of the infection. If a gum infection, antibiotics, cleaning, extraction, or gum surgery is indicated. If the infection is pulpal, meaning the nerve of the tooth is infected, then antibiotics and either root canal or extraction.
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Suggest Treatment For Dental Abscess

Hello, Thanks for consulting HCM Read your query as your friend had abscess in tooth this pus formation can be due to carious tooth or due to poor periodontal condition . If pus formation is due to carious tooth then treatment can be done is root canal treatment and if pus formation is due to periodontal problem then go for scaling and curretage . I will suggest you to do warm saline rinses 2 -3 tiime a day , brush your reeth twice daily and consult dentist for oral examination and treatment. Hope this will help you.