Toothache in capped tooth

[chasmani]

Hi, I'm looking for some advice.

I have severe pain in a capped tooth, and I am not home for 10 days - will it be okay to wait to get home before seeing a dentist?

The pain is an extreme, acute throbbing and I am treating it with Clove oil and painkillers (ibuprofen and codeine). It's very painful, but I can deal with the pain for a week.

Looking online, I am mainly concerned that if the root is infected it might get into my bloodstream and cause septic shock, I can probably get some antibiotics tomorrow to add to my painkillers.

Some background about the tooth:

I had a tooth capped about a year ago. At the time the tooth was in bad condition and the dentist was unsure if the cap would hold because there was little tooth left to be capped.

Any advice would be very appreciated,

Thank you

Chasmani

Septic shock is an unlikely sequelae of toothache. Ten days won't make any difference and neither will antibiotics with the pain that you are describing. If you can cope with the pain, see someone when you get back otherwise see a dentist but don't self medicate with antibiotics.

Have warm saltwater mouthwashes 3 or 4 times a day. A teaspoon of salt to a pint of water. It will help to kill any infection. I find the type of breathing exercises you do in labour help to cope with the pain of toothache. Hope you soon feel better

Keep an eye on it. I had an infection in an unerrupted wisdom tooth last year, despite initial antibiotics, it spread and my whole face and neck on that side swelled up. It was awful. I had to have a big dose of antibiotics and then normal dose of two different ones plus heavy duty painkillers until it was sorted.

olivo what OP has by the sounds of her symptoms isn't an infection per se. The nerve of her tooth sounds like it has become inflamed and therefore needs removing. It's caused by bacteria but isn't an infection, it could progress to one but that takes quite some time (weeks to see pus) so antibiotics not necessary at this stage but removal of the nerve or tooth required.

I would see dentist there who can take nerve out and dress tooth until you can see your own dentist.

Sorry, mrsmorton, didn't see you had posted on the thread- I know you're a pro!

Go with mrsmorton's advice OP!

Lol olivo