Thread: Abscess on root of tooth

Quote: Originally Posted by GA1977 My MIL had an absess on her root and they did NOT give her antibiotics (she's been going to this dentist for over 20 years) and sent her to a specialist....the specialist knew she wasn't on antibiotics and performed a root canal.......fast forward 2 days from there and she is on a boatload of pain meds and they had to insert a tube (bigger than a straw) into mouth...under her tongue and it came out...

Quote: Originally Posted by mjh8406 that is freakin horrible and scary....i hope she is okay now....i heard that you have to have antibiotics before a root canal b/c they cannot open you up for surgery with all that infection. my sil had a horrible abscess that they put her on antibiotics for numerous times, it didn't touch the infection so they instead took the tooth. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. But my MIL actually...

Yeah, I think its very possiable for the infection to spread to the bloodstream, so antibiotics are usually needed. Sometimes they even inject an antibiotic in to affected area when they are doing the procedure in addition to oral antibiotics. I'd get a second opinion ASAP!

Hmmm I was thinking that with an abcess they will sometimes do antibiotics and then a root canal??? Did your dentist say why he could not handle it?

when I had a abcess I got antibiotics for a few days follwed up by a root canal. But it was all done by a regular dentist. I cant believe you didnt get a antibiotic. They told me that a abcess of the tooth is very serious and should be treated a.s.a.p