abcess on gum!!!

Doglover88

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:

Psykicpup

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...

wbk666

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 LOL

squibbs25

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

Squibbs

donteatthat

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.
HTH