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Posts for Tag: antibiotics for a tooth infection

Dentist Can’t Find What’s Wrong with My Tooth

I’ve had a really bad toothache for several days. Distractingly bad. I went to see my dentist and he looked at my last radiograph, because it had only been a month since he took it. He didn’t see any signs of infection on it. He also didn’t find a crack in a filling that was […]

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Do I Still Need to Pull a Tooth If It Doesn’t Hurt Anymore?

I have a question about an upper tooth. It was infected. My dentist gave me some antibiotics about two and a half months ago. My tooth still doesn’t hurt. I have an extraction scheduled for a month away. But, if the tooth isn’t hurting any more, do I still need to have it extracted? Avery […]

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Why Didn’t My Antibiotics Work for My Tooth Infection?

I have an infected tooth. I went to see an emergency dentist because I don’t really have a dentist at the moment and he gave me some antibiotics. They did help, but once they ran out the infection flared back up. Now my cheek is swollen. Do you have a recommendation for me? Should I […]

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How to Die From a Tooth Infection

I am deathly afraid of the dentist and haven’t been in years. My teeth have always seemed healthy. At least, I had not had any problems with them. A few weeks ago I was attacked. Somehow, they managed to strip a piece of my enamel off. It didn’t take long before my tooth started hurting […]

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Should I Wait Three Weeks to Get My Tooth Extracted?

I have a fractured tooth that also now has an abscess. I’m supposed to have it extracted in three weeks and get it replaced with a dental implant but the abscess is really bothering me. I’m in so much pain and my face is swollen. I tried to get them to move up the appointment […]

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Infected Tooth and No Money

I have a tooth that is so infected even my cheek is swollen. I would say golf ball sized swollen. I do have several rotting teeth and it is probably from that. I do not have medical or dental insurance and am currently out of work, so I just don’t have the money to deal […]

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