On Tuesday of last week I started getting some pain in one of my teeth. Nurofen helped. By Friday it was much worse, and my jaw was a bit swollen, so I phoned the dentist, who said that I had to go to the dental clinic on Saturday morning. So I did.
The dentist said it was a dental abcess, and the swelling was caused by infection, and pus builup under the tooth. I had to have a local anaesthetic, and the pus drained out of my gum :yuck:
I'm on a course of antibiotics (Amoxicillin and metronidazole, which tastes foul), but the worst thing is that one side of my face has now swollen up like a balloon! Whether this is a reaction to having my gum cut open, or the infection, I don't know, but I look like the elephant man My lip is all fat on one side too, which means I can't talk, eat, or even drink properly. Funny in the short term, but more than a bit annoying. It's like when you have a local anaesthetic, and your face goes numb, except much more pronounced.
My teeth were near perfect up until I was about 23. Then I had a job that involved driving around, and I never used to stop for lunch. So I snacked in the car a lot. Within a couple of years I had 2 fillings. And now this, which will probably result in a tooth being extracted.
So the moral is look after your teeth.
H
The dentist said it was a dental abcess, and the swelling was caused by infection, and pus builup under the tooth. I had to have a local anaesthetic, and the pus drained out of my gum :yuck:
I'm on a course of antibiotics (Amoxicillin and metronidazole, which tastes foul), but the worst thing is that one side of my face has now swollen up like a balloon! Whether this is a reaction to having my gum cut open, or the infection, I don't know, but I look like the elephant man My lip is all fat on one side too, which means I can't talk, eat, or even drink properly. Funny in the short term, but more than a bit annoying. It's like when you have a local anaesthetic, and your face goes numb, except much more pronounced.
My teeth were near perfect up until I was about 23. Then I had a job that involved driving around, and I never used to stop for lunch. So I snacked in the car a lot. Within a couple of years I had 2 fillings. And now this, which will probably result in a tooth being extracted.
So the moral is look after your teeth.
H