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What Could Puss Formation In Wisdom Tooth Pocket With Fever Indicate?

I started experiencing intense ringing in my right ear 3 days ago. Yesterday I awoke with what I thought was a toothache. As the day progressed I became feverish, the right side of my face began to swell, and the pain in my mouth became worse. Today I have a huge pus pocket where my top right wisdom tooth was removed. The roof of my mouth is also swollen with what is starting to look like pus, and my throat is red with white blotches.
Thu, 10 Jul 2014
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain, fever and swelling could be because of the tooth infection by root left out (previously removed tooth) or infection from neighbor tooth.
Consult a oral physician and take radiographs like RVG or OPG to rule out the tooth infection by root left out or infection from neighbor tooth.
If there is tooth infection then,you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). Do saline gargling. after taking the medicines you can get the teeth treated by doing RCT or extraction.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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What Could Puss Formation In Wisdom Tooth Pocket With Fever Indicate?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The pain, fever and swelling could be because of the tooth infection by root left out (previously removed tooth) or infection from neighbor tooth. Consult a oral physician and take radiographs like RVG or OPG to rule out the tooth infection by root left out or infection from neighbor tooth. If there is tooth infection then,you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). Do saline gargling. after taking the medicines you can get the teeth treated by doing RCT or extraction. I hope my answer will help you, take care.