Is smoking bad when you have a abscessed tooth

Is smoking bad when you have a abscessed tooth

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Smoking is considered bad when one has an abscessed tooth. It can lead to extremely bad breath. It should be avoided. ChaCha!

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Q: Okay please don’t judge me on this, if you can’t answer my question without giving me a lecture about my health then I would rather you not put anything. Thank you.Okay basically 2 weeks ago I had a tooth abscess (if your interested in this at all, all the information about how bad it was can be found in the first question I asked on here. It was a pretty bad abscess!) Finally today the dentist agreed to work on the tooth. He preformed a root canal however, as there is still some infection right at the top of the tooth he put an antibiotic up there, hopefully it will clear it up, and filled it with a temporary filling thing. (I wont know for two weeks if he can just fill it with an ordinary filling or I may need a cap or something).Now I haven’t drunk any alcohol or smoked throughout these two weeks as I didn’t want to make the infection any worse (and I was on antibiotics so couldn’t drink anyway).However, I am going out Friday night with a friend and I was just wondering if drinking and smoking a few cigarettes will cause any problems with the tooth.I know smoking is bad from me but I enjoy it, especially when I have a couple of drinks. I know all the facts about it and how it will kill me so please don’t write any comments like this. I just don’t want the tooth to get any worse so if this means cutting these two things out for the time being then I would just like to know. Thanks for your help 🙂

A: If you’re not on any meds for pain and infection, then there should be no problem. Have a good time and don’t overdo it.

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Q: Ok, long story but will try to make it as short as possible. I’m sure you all have better things to be doing! By the way as this is medical, it may help to know that i’m 33 years of age.I’ve had teeth trouble all my life and suffered abscesses on many occasions. I’ve probably had 6 – 8 over the past 18 years. Over the past couple of years i’ve had an occasional puss seeping from a gum socket where I once had a tooth removed, but by far the most troublesome is a recurrent abscess on my lower jaw around the canine area.At the same time I need to give a quick overview of my recent life. I separated from my wife five months ago, of which we have two young children. The emotional pain and stress has been unbearable and to make matters worse, my wife has acted unreasonably on many occasions and not turned up for handover of the children for visitation. She has also engaged in other serious things which got so bad that i’m now locked in a custody battle. Added to that, the stress was so bad and the issues so severe that it affected my job and i’ve literally been on the verge of the sack for a little while now. All of this combined has given me the hardest period of my entire life.Just when things turned really bad, I regrettably started smoking again after giving up for six years. I was doing well before then, but as things got worse I also started to get night sweats when waking in the night. The sheets would be soaked and my legs in particular would suffer. The smoking and stress sypically caused me to lose a lot of weight too, or at least that’s what I believe. This has all happened in the past three months or so but I still get night sweats, although i’ve also had periods where these have gone. The court case for my kids is likely to last some time.Going back to the teeth, I arranged a full x-ray and consultation with my dentist a few days ago. He found three abscesses in my mouth. One being from the seeping area that’s been about for ages, the lower area mentioned above, although the infection appeared to be in gum tissue next to the tooth and not actually around the tooth, and also a third where I had an abscess about 18 years ago but have always maintained that this wasn’t properly treated.Upon concluding, he now wishes to refer me to hospital ‘to check that there’s no underlying issues causing these infections’.This now concerns me having looked things up, as recurrent mouth infections (although that may refer more to ulcers and thrush), weight loss, and night sweats are apparently indicative of Lymphomas and Leukaemias. However, at the same time I find the timing of the other symptoms to run exactly when i’ve gone through so much extreme emotional stress due to my separation.I guess my question is, from this would you consider my symptoms on the whole to be possibly attributed to this stress and as a result being very run down? That’s what people around me think, although another part of me now worries that just as the biggest crisis in my life came about, maybe something serious has coincidentally come along and i’ve naturally considered it part of my current emotional state.Your views would be much appreciated.

A: Wow what a lot of worry your carrying about with you. Im really sorry to here that you’ve had such a stressful time with your family, that can’t be easy. To top that off with mouth abbesses must make it a really stressful time. In times of stress the body is more prone in even simple infections. Low lying usually unproblematic bacterial infections can become a lot worse such as your recurrent mouth abscess. From what you’ve said I assuming that you’ve been refered to a hospital rather than a dental hospital? Antibiotics alone will are rarly solve an abscess long term, they are used to treat it short term to reduce the inflammation so the cause of the abscess can be treated. If left untreated then the infection will reoccur. The most successful way to get rid of an abscess is extraction of the overlying tooth, the area can then be cleaned and the infection will resolve on its own. Chances are your dentist is being overly cautious and is checking that there are no other reasons behind your infections. I hope your luck changes soon and with the decline of stress I hope yor abscessess disappear, keep on smiling 🙂

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Q: Without proper care of the teeth and the gingiva, periodontal disease could easily take over anyone’s mouth and could possibly mean the end to the teeth. This serious disease can be prevented or treated at an early stage by simply brushing and flossing. Periodontal disease is an infection of the structures that surround the teeth. It begins with food debris and plaque not being brushed or flossed off and they turn into bacteria that worsens and leads to puffiness in the gingiva. Plaque must be taken off the teeth by brushing and flossing twice a day to prevent infection, but it only takes 24 hours for plaque to build up again. A few things that can lower your defenses, and help cause some form of periodontal disease, are: smoking, diabetes, stress, medicine, pregnancy, puberty, AIDS, HIV, cancer, and even diet, to name a few. Soda and certain types of food can also affect the teeth. Gingivitis is the first stage of periodontal disease. Most people do not find out they have this condition until a dentist advises them of it. Signs of gingivitis are: red gums, inflamed gums, bleeding while brushing and/or flossing, sensitive gums, possible bad breath, or bad taste. Gingivitis can easily be treated by brushing, flossing and using a mouth wash and no real pain is usually associated with gingivitis, which means that gingivitis is easily reversible with good oral home care and professional treatment. After gingivitis is left untreated, it can turn into mild periodontitis, moderate periodontitis, and finally advanced periodontitis. With time, plaque can build under the gum line and toxins can spread. The bacteria causes puffiness and redness, which is the body’s way of warning you something is wrong. Signs of these forms of periodontitis are: more pronounced bleeding, longer looking teeth, gum boils, abscesses, periodontal pockets, and mobility of the teeth. When some of these signs are reached, there might still be a chance of keeping the teeth if the person see’s a dentist as soon as possible and gets treatment, but this is when the structures that support the teeth are broken down and pretty much destroyed. After the disease is continually untreated, the teeth may become so mobile that they might have to be removed. This disease can affect anywhere from one tooth to all thirty-two teeth. After the age of 35, three out of four adults have some form of periodontal disease, which can lead to tooth loss. If treatment is needed, a root planing or a scaling might be the procedures to be considered. Scaling is a procedure to remove plaque and calculus around the tooth surfaces and root planing is the smoothing of the tooth surfaces to promote re-growth and reattachment of the gingiva to the tooth.

A: It is quite evident that taking good care of one’s teeth by routine brushing and flossing will prove to be beneficial to him or her in the long run. By taking pride in the teeth at an early age, tooth loss and other unpleasant, unhealthy situations of the mouth can be deterred.