Why does my abscess not go away?!
Question: i have had an abscess on my upper jaw for over a year now. it all started about two years ago when i had cavities filled. after they were filled my tooth hurt so bad i couldn't touch it. the dentist told me the cavity was so bad it had damaged the nerve and i needed to have a root canal. my insurance does not cover root canals so she advised me that the infection had to go away before we did anything. after this i started going to a new dentist and realized i had an abscess. he drained it and it still came back. paid him $600 to do the root canal and it still came back. it doesn't hurt anymore and i've showed my dentist but he doesn't seem very concerned. he has no idea why its not going away and says as long as it doesn't hurt thats a good sign. what should i do???
Answers: i have had an abscess on my upper jaw for over a year now. it all started about two years ago when i had cavities filled. after they were filled my tooth hurt so bad i couldn't touch it. the dentist told me the cavity was so bad it had damaged the nerve and i needed to have a root canal. my insurance does not cover root canals so she advised me that the infection had to go away before we did anything. after this i started going to a new dentist and realized i had an abscess. he drained it and it still came back. paid him $600 to do the root canal and it still came back. it doesn't hurt anymore and i've showed my dentist but he doesn't seem very concerned. he has no idea why its not going away and says as long as it doesn't hurt thats a good sign. what should i do???
When a root canal is done the dentist cleans out the canal that holds the nerve all the way down to the tip. However, the infection usually goes beyond the tip of the tooth extending out into the jaw. When the root canal is performed, the idea is that cleaning out the tooth will take care of that and the body will respond and heal the infection left outside the tooth root in your tissue. If your tooth has an extra canal that was not cleaned out during the root canal (was missed/hidden), then the infection comes back and needs to be retreated by an endodontist. Or, the root canal can be fine and the body has failed to clear the infection that is outside the tooth in the tissue. This can also be treated by an endodontist doing a procedure called an apicoectomy where they remove the diseased tissue around the tip of the root and seal it off. Either way, it is not good to still have an abscessed tooth. This infection spreads to the body constantly passing through other organs and body parts. See an endodontist
CANCER....we are not docters but go see one a specialist...ummm...maybe it might help
Go to an oral surgeon - rather than a dentist.
Try putting all natural manuka honey on the abscess. This stuff even kills MRSA. Had a friend that recently used it to cure MRSA that had gotten into an incision - the doctors had about given up on synthetic antibiotics.
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it could be that the abscess worked its way to the bone and blocked the nerve. thus stopping the pain. that's not a good thing. as long as its draining its ok but you need to have the dentist open the area and maybe even check the bone for infection.
last year i had an impacted wisdom tooth and it was growing sideways against my last molar. the pressure caused damage to the molar and root and bone beneath and i had to have both teeth removed. along with a chunk of bone about the size of a pencil eraser! antibiotics and stitches later and its all better and thank goodness it didnt get any worse cause the infection can pass from the bone to your blood... get it checked ASAP!
If you and your dentist agree that you still have an infection, you need an ENDODONTIST.
An endodontist is a specialist in the treatment of abscessed teeth.
The endodontist might be able to clean out all of the materials your dentist placed inside your tooth, remove any infected organic material that might remain (sometimes there are secondary nerves that most dentists are not equipped to remove), sterilize the inside of the tooth and refill it.
If the endodontist cannot clean the tooth out again, he can perform an apicectomy. This is a slightly more invasive procedure. The endodontist cuts a small hole in your gum adjacent to the tip of the root. He then drills out a tiny bit of bone to access the infection then gently spoons out the infected material with a small spoon-shaped dental tool. The end of the root is removed and sealed with filling material to ensure that bacteria can no longer move in or out of the tooth. He makes sure the surgical site is free of bacteria and sutures the gum closed. The bone fills in on its own. If he is successful, the infection should be gone once and for all.
If the pulp canal in your tooth had calcified and your DENTIST was not able to complete the root canal therapy, he had an obligation to tell you. This WOULD result in an infection that could not heal. Ask your endodontist if this was the case.
Root canal therapy is hugely successful but it is not 100% successful. Occasionally additional therapy is required.
Your first dentist should have put you on antibiotics as soon as you showed up in pain if she knew your tooth had abscessed. Simply waiting will NOT make it go away. Abscessed teeth CANNOT heal on their own. She was negligent.
Go see an endodontist or oral surgeon for another opinion!