Hi. I have had pain in the side of my head,lower jaw and ear for a few months. I went to my dentist three months ago who said teeth were fine but might be wisdom teeth. they took x rays.I was away from home last week and suffered such excrutiating pain that I had to visit an emergency dentist, who said I had an abscess and gave me antibiotics and said it was nothing to do with wisdom teeth. Yesterday I had my wisdom tooth appt at the local hospital - they said they were fine but I had to have root canal/extraction on the tender tooth. today i went back to my dentist, told the whole sorry tale, they took yet more xrays (now been xrayed three times in a week) and they said they couldn't see the need for root canal. there is a big filling in the tooth, which they suggested taking out and replacing temporarily to see if that solved tenderness.
so my question is, is it at all feasible that an abscess can clear up (with antibiotics) and then not need any other treatment afterwards? i thought it was inevitable from what others have said that i would now need further treatment. whilst i'm a huge wuss about the dentist, and would never seek out root canal, i don't now want things to get worse.
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question for any dentists/dental nurses
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porolli · 06/11/2009 18:56
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