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abcess on gum!!!
Doglover88
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been to the dentist and have an abcess on my gum and got a course of antibiotics to treat it for a week, then the tooth thats caused it will be repaired :j
He said to take pain killers as and when but the sodding thing feels like its bigger? worried it'll come up over the weekend and i will be stuck with it, are there any things i can do to help get rid of it?
I remember rinsing my mouth with warm salty water when i had my wisdom teeth out, are there any things i can do do speed up getting rid of it?
Its driving me nuts, even had to cancel a date Saturday becasue of it!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
He said to take pain killers as and when but the sodding thing feels like its bigger? worried it'll come up over the weekend and i will be stuck with it, are there any things i can do to help get rid of it?
I remember rinsing my mouth with warm salty water when i had my wisdom teeth out, are there any things i can do do speed up getting rid of it?
Its driving me nuts, even had to cancel a date Saturday becasue of it!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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I think you will be pleasantly surprised how quick the antibiotics work... but a WARM salt mouthwash or an antiseptic one shouldnt do any harm...I THINK is a whole sentence, not a replacement for I KnowSupermarket Rebel No 19:T0
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a mouthwash of soluble painkillers can help sometimes.
take the tablets though and theres always the emergency dentist if it gets too much for you. Of course pulling a tooth that has an abscess under it is excruciatingly painful but the relief afterwards is almost orgasmic
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There is an old wives tale that says if you put a used tea bag on the abcess and leave it there for a while it will draw the puss out. I gather this would only work if you can put the teabag on the inside of your cheek!
My sister has tried this and it did reduce the abcess
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I'm a dentist.......hopefully the ab's will be kicking in now.
Whatever you do don't hold soluble aspirin near it - all you will get is a nasty burn.
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