Can I wait 10 weeks on antiboitics?!
Question: I have an crown that the cement failed on it
I saw a dentist recently and will be getting a root canal + crown + bridge ... appointments booked but its in 10 weeks time (only time i can go)
This dentist give me antibotics to combat any infection that may occur while waiting to come back.
An infection started an i'm now taking the antibotics. Which hopefully will fend off the infection for now.
Stuff can be seen leak out from between the crown and gum line if i was to press down on it ( probably infection fluid ) .. tooth pain is ok for now ..
I just started the antibotics and I could get more if needed...
can i wait 10 weeks and wondering if its dangerous to hold on that long.... will the antibotics work until then ??
Answers: I have an crown that the cement failed on it
I saw a dentist recently and will be getting a root canal + crown + bridge ... appointments booked but its in 10 weeks time (only time i can go)
This dentist give me antibotics to combat any infection that may occur while waiting to come back.
An infection started an i'm now taking the antibotics. Which hopefully will fend off the infection for now.
Stuff can be seen leak out from between the crown and gum line if i was to press down on it ( probably infection fluid ) .. tooth pain is ok for now ..
I just started the antibotics and I could get more if needed...
can i wait 10 weeks and wondering if its dangerous to hold on that long.... will the antibotics work until then ??
Hi, I'm a dentist.
You should under no circumstances be waiting 10 weeks on antibiotics to have this problem addressed. Once you complete your current 7-day course of antibiotics, the infection may go away or subside, but it will return, and most likely it will worsen. Then, when you try and use antibiotics again to relieve the infection, they won't work as well because the bacteria causing the infection the second time around are the bacteria left over from the first infection, except these were the bacteria that were resistant enough to the antibiotic to survive. This is how antibiotic resistance occurs. You're going to end up having to switch antibiotic classes to kill the bacteria a second time.
My suggestion is that you have the tooth extracted and have and implant placed immediately, if possible. You will spend almost as much doing root canals and a bridge as an implant, except the implant has a 97% success rate in the long term, verses a much lower long term success rate for endo/bridge.
Mouth infections can lead to heart problems - why would you risk that? Get seen as soon as possible for this.