Roof of mouth / Hard Palate abscess

LaurenH22

Last wednesday after 2 days of unbearable pain and a lump in the roof of my mouth i got in to see the emergency dentist who said i had an abscess. She gave me the options - remove a broken molar which she thought might have caused the abscess OR a course of antibiotics. Call me crazy but I'm no fan of having teeth pulled out and she reassured me that the antibiotics usually work just as well, so i chose the antibiotics. 5 days of Metronidazole, couldnt wait to start them and get rid of this thing. She couldn't prescribe any stronger painkillers than the over the counter paracetamol and ibuprofen which id already been taking and they weren’t touching the sides, so I've been crawling the walls the last 5 days with the pain, unbearable. The antibiotics have made me feel horrendous, severe nausea to the point i havent had a bite of food since Thursday, have just been cautiously sipping water. Yesterday I was vomitting all day. Today no vomitting but still very nauseous, have managed a couple of pieces of toast which is progress! Yay! Finally today - the last day of antibiotics, the pain has dramatically improved and it now only hurts slightly when i try to eat but its very bearable - thank god! 

My worry is the lump in my mouth is still there, is this normal? When I say im scared of this abscess coming back i bloody well mean it, the thought of another 5 days in that pain gives me chills. I'd have thanked you for chopping my head off a few days ago. Is it normal for the lump to linger for a bit after the pain has gone and things seem better and you’ve finished the antibiotics? Or is the lump still being there a sign that things arent quite resolved?

Toothsmith

It's impossible to give any advice on this without actually being able to see you - so any advice given by the dentist who has seen you is far better than anything you'll get here.

I don't really understand why no treatment was offered for the 'broken' tooth. If the dentist thought the 'broken' tooth might be the source of the infection, and you still have a 'broken' tooth in your mouth, then I would have thought that there will still be a likelihood that it will cause another infection?? I would have thought it should either be removed or 'fixed' if it can be?

But - I can't see what's going on, and I only have what you've reported.