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Question:
10 days ago I was eating a hot eggroll. Suddenly I had pain like an electric shock shoot down my tooth an into my jaw. It lasted for about 2 minutes then went away but after that anything hot or cold that touched my tooth hurt. I called the dentist the next day (Friday) and was told they could get me in on Monday. I felt fine that whole weekend except for a little pain in the tooth.
Late Sunday night I thought I was getting a cold. I kept sneezing and coughing,so the following morning I called to reschedule my appointment. Tuesday morning I woke up and could barely move my jaw. The pain is almost unbearable. I called the dentist they asked me if I had any swelling. I told them my cheek was swollen inside my mouth. The pain is in front of my ear. My gums have absolutely no swelling or redness.
They told me to come in and they took an x-ray and said he thought I had a little abcess then he tapped on my teeth and said he could not tell which tooth it was on the x-ray. He put me on Zithromax because it is the only antibiotic I can take. That was 4 days ago...I only have 1 pill left and the pain is still not gone in my face.
Is it possible to have an abcess with no swelling or pain in the gum area? I mean there is absolutely no swelling in there at all. By the way they decided it was the 18th tooth that was infected after tapping the tooth. It hurt very little when he tapped it but a bit more than the wisdom tooth. I have my doubts as to whether this excruciating pain in my lower left jaw and ear are from a tooth that does not appear infected...but I am willing to blow my jaw off with a gun at this point if it relieves the pain.
Also I cannot take any pain meds because I am allergic to everything. I cannot take Ibuprophen either as I have severe ulcers. What do you think? Does this sound like an absess? I hate to remove a tooth if it isn't but I will not have a root canal. First I cannot afford it and second it sounds to me as if it is fruitless to do that anyway since everyone seems to end up losing the tooth in the end. ...Visitor from MI
Answer:
What you are describing can only be diagnosed with x-rays and examination.
Get an opinion from an endodontist and oral surgeon! It sounds like you
have a big infection developing and that is usually not seen on x-rays, but
should be properly diagnosed by a skilled dentist.
Taking antibiotics without making a proper diagnosis is ridiculous.
Your dentist is shooting bullets in the dark without making a correct diagnosis and treatment plan for you. Get that second opinion and have something done right away, because when the antibiotics are gone things will get twice as bad as they are now.
Root canals are 95% succesful for a lifetime, but if you want to take out what god gave you - than that's your choice.
Get some help soon.
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