Abscess not gone with antibiotics?
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Go back to the dentist you may need an extraction or a root canal. Did they take an x-ray of the tooth usually when you gen an abscess there is some other problem that your dentist needs to take care of.
They can be stubborn. You need additional, or different, antibiotic.
You may need to have it drained. The puss doesn't just vanish on its own...
the antiBs will take about 2 weeks to work but if u are in lots of pain ask what pain relief u can take...dont stop takin ur last ones cus u think they arent workin.also did u drink alcohol cus that wud stop them workin possibly...go back to ur dentist and tel him evrythn
if the day after you finish the pills, there is no improvement you need to call and get a appt and get a stronger antibiotic. maybe something else is going on...
They will usually prescribe meds to clear up most of the infection, but the nerve in the tooth is damaged and that is why it is abscessed. You will have to get a root canal or the tooth pulled to completely eradicate the infection. Until then, it will always be painful and infected. You need to call the dentist back and see when your root canal is scheduled to happen since you have just finished your meds. I wouldn't let it wait though...because the infection will just go back to as aggressive as it was and then you will have to start the meds over again before getting the root canal. It would just prolong your pain to wait.
The treatment for abscesses is not antibiotics, but drainage. In dental abscesses, this means extraction or a "root canal." The antibiotics are just to calm things down in preparation. Whether you need more antibiotics between now and then is something we can't answer.
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