Does it hurt when a dentist drains an abscess

Does it hurt when a dentist drains an abscess

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The dentist will probably use Novocaine and or a local anesthetic when draining an abscess. You should not feel pain .

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why does my abscess not go away?

Q: 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???

A: 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

do i have an abscess?????

Q: um i am 13 years old and i think i have an abcsess tooth. i have a small crater cavity in my bottom molar that i have filled with this drugstore product called Temparin temorary tooth filling. i have not had pain in the tooth. i have had the cavity for 5 years. but about 1 and a half years ago i got this little lump of gum. it didn’t bother me in any way at all. but a couple months ago the bump filled up with whiteish yellowish goo and it hurt alittle. i took a qtip and pushed on it a little and the goo came out. i took an ibuprofin and it stopped hurting. in a week it had dissapeared completely. now it is back and every couple of months it fills,up hurts, drains and then dissapears. just so you know when it hurts it only hurts a little. my mom and i have no health or dental insurance and we don’t have much money so i can’t go to the dentist. i take good care of my teeth, i floss brush twice a day and use mouthwash, and liquid floride. please note, I HAVE NO MONEY FOR THE DENTIST!HELP

A: As a dentist myself it sounds like you have an Abscess on your hands. An infected tooth, or abscess as they are called are extremely painful and will need antibiotic therapy. PLEASE see a Dentist or take a trip to your local ER as soon as possible as this CANNOT be fixed on its own and there are NO home remedies that will cure this tooth, you need a dental professional immediately. Antibiotics and pain medication that the Doctor will prescribe will eventually help the tooth become less infected but once you stop antibiotics the infection WILL return and is usually much more painful the second time around. Infection from an abscess tooth can spread to the throat causing an airway obstruction and can spread to the heart and brain and cause very severe problems and sometimes fatal complications. PLEASE see a dentist in your area to discuss treatment as this can become extremely painful. Try taking Motrin (ibuprofen) for pain, this will help reduce swelling and will also help control pain. Also try using COLD compresses, do NOT use heat as this can cause the infection to worsen and spread and become more painful. Please see a dentist or ER physician ASAP. Good luck!

*detailed question* Gum issue… don’t believe it to be an abscess or blocked salivary gland?

Q: For the last several months, I have had reoccurring lumps of sorts on my gums. They started about a day after my last dental visit, where I had x-rays and all of the other usual dentist checkup-y things done and they didn’t find any abscesses or any signs of oral cancer, or anything wrong except for some cavities that needed to be filled and early signs of gum disease due to poor dental care when I was younger and lack of checkups for a year or two. As far as I know abscesses or oral cancer (at least not in the stage of what I would consider to be a tumor, if it were cancer) don’t just “appear” in a day after having x-rays and a full workup done on my mouth. I do have 2 teeth with cavities in the back of my mouth, which I think I have had for a while (one on each side, actually below where the lumps are) but the dentist didn’t think either of them were THAT bad, but should be filled as soon as possible, though due to me not having any insurance he didn’t see any reason that with proper personal dental care it couldn’t be taken care of a little bit later when things were more financially stable and I had my insurance issue settled.. and then I could come in for a deep cleaning because I have relatively bad plaque/tartar buildup on my lower front teeth in the back, possibly elsewhere as else, I honestly don’t remember what he said. I do have my wisdom teeth coming in slowly, but they are ONLY coming in on the bottom, nowhere near where my issues are. For whatever reason, the x-ray showed that I don’t have top wisdom teeth.Anyway, I have these lumps on my gums, and everything I have ever read about abscesses says that they cause pain, usually immense pain, but mine don’t cause any pain at all. They’re not even a tiny bit sore, and they go away intermittently but then raise back up, usually in the morning when I wake up. It doesn’t feel like they “drain” so much as inflame or swell. They are usually always above the back teeth on my gums, the one on the right is about the size of a jellybean, and is newer than the one on the left. The one on the right feels like I can move it with my tongue, like I can push it around and lift up part of it with my tongue, almost like it’s leaf shaped with part of it being attached and the remainder of it being movable, but this is a new thing and before the lump has always just been a solid lump, never anything movable. The one on the left is smaller, and usually less inflamed than the right one usually. They feel as though they’re filled with something, though I’ve read and heard that when an abcess bursts there is a VERY bitter and unpleasant taste in your mouth from the pus. When my… well, whatever they are, go down, I don’t taste anything in my mouth, much less anything bitter or gross, and they don’t hurt when they go down or when they re-appear. They slightly vary in size, but are always smaller than a jellybean, which is the biggest they ever get, and they don’t get that big very often. The one on the right is pretty flat, and the ones on the left are usually more lumpy. As for color… the last I checked they are the same pinkish color of my gums, not white or yellow or anything. I don’t have any underlying conditions, I am otherwise medically healthy.Any ideas as to what this is or how to go about treating it? I went on a cycle of antibiotics back in September when I first was terrified I had dental abcesses, but they didn’t go away. My GP thought that maybe they weren’t dental abcesses or a dental infection… but wasn’t sure what they were since there was no pain and they didn’t go away with antibiotics. I can’t get to the doctor/dentist again until March at the earliest due to insurance, again.EDIT: As I have posted this question a couple of times, a few of the answers I have recieved have believed it to be a clogged salivary gland. The fact that this is on my upper, outer gum leads me to believe it is not in fact a Mucocele, as those are common on the roof of the mouth, under the tongue, and on the bottom lip / possibly cheek, etc. Mine is above my very last tooth on the right side on the top.. it wouldn’t make sense for it to be there I don’t think. Also, everything I have looked up has said that these blocked salivary glands are usually blueish in color, and mine are pink just like the gums around them.

A: omg, that’sa lot of words, maybe it’s nothing just listen to ur dentist or docter