Thread: antibiotics

with a chronic infection like that you may need a procedure known as an apicoectomy which is basically open the area up and perform a direct scraping of the apex of the roos and the infected material, ask your dentist about it

It's really common to get swelling so I wouldn't worry too much about that. I looked like a chipmunk when I had mine out. It seems you get more swelling from wisdom teeth for some reason. You should really take those antibiotics if your doctor told you to. Did they tell you how long you should take them for after the pulling? Those wisdom tooth holes can get some really unpleasant infections in them and it is so not worth it....

I had a rear molar out not so long ago and had a swollen face for a day or two, despite a truly painless and fast extraction. I was gobsmacked at how good that dentist was! In relation to antibiotics, I had an abcess trapped in behind a front tooth a year or two ago. It was unresponsive to the first bout of antibiotics I had, and just kept getting bigger and bigger until it burst into my face. I was in agony for a week, then all of a sudden, I...

Yes, the swelling is common. An ice pack helps. sweilling should start to go down after 3 days or so.

antibiotics so, i had my wisdom tooth pulled out last night. today my cheek was swollen, is this normal? i once had a normal tooth extracted and it wasn't swollen. i only took antibiotics last night. i had them over from the week before against the abscess and the doc yesterday said i should keep taking the same ones. today was a holiday so i didn't go buy my antibiotics and hoped i could make do without. is there any way to heal...

I looked like Marlon Brando in the Godfather for a couple of days after my wisdom tooth extraction, and I had no infection. If you have recently had an abscess though, as above, keep taking the antibiotics for as long as they tell you to. Chances are the bacteria from that abscess are still lurking in your mouth, and can you imagine if they get into the hole from the extraction? I'm surprised you would even consider not taking them.

Im going to sound like your mother and growl at you. If the Dr has prescribed antibiotics - take them. Re reading a few back posts I noticed you have been having problems with your teeth and not made looking after your dental health a priority - possibly part of the problem as to why you are having worse problems now than if it had been a straight forward extraction. Right Mathilda - off you go and get your health\antibiotics sorted out NOW.

Yeah you got to keep taking them. I'm told that stopping half way through a course means that the infection is harder to treat if it returns. At the moment I have an infection in my front two upper teeth. Its dormant but it creates a ball of puss in the gum. It keeps bursting (about once a day) its horrible. Going for root canal at the end of the month and the dentist reckons there is only about a 50% chance it will work as I've had...