any one with dental knowledege about

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had my tooth out on friday
very sore i think its infected so have taken some antibiotics i had left over and am rinsing out with warm salty water often
taking lots of painkillers ,its very swollen onthat side,been holding an ice pack on there too ,under my chin hurts too it was one tooth from the back at the bottom
when should i worry ?
am already tbh

Go back tonight if you can see out of hours. Ring surgery answerphone for number.
it might well be what is known as 'dry socket' which is agony, you should never self prescribe antibiotics, could be totally the wrong ones for it and encourages resistance.

Please ring someone asap and get it seen to x

ditto out of hours. even if they are not for dental per se they should be able to help.

I meant the dental surgery, should be an OOH dental service!

Ours is called Dentaline, they're based at the hospital and open every evening.

dh is at work i dont drive and am home alone with the kids
what could they do even if they give me ab's they will take 48 hrs to start working which is why im giving it a head start

They would do something to the socket, I think they pack it or something, if it's dry socket it means it won't heal properly until it's been seen to.

Can you take the kids along>? I have had to on occasion, they are quite good about helping you out, usually - baby on lap, nurse distracting toddler etc

that is a bit defeatist. sorry.

if it is that bad, get your dh home and get yourslef to a hospital. at least ring some sort of helpline.

Antibiotics not usually necessary for dry socket afaik x

how do i know if its a dry socket?
looks very red and swollen and yellowish from what i can see
cant really open my mouth that wide

I don't know
You need to see a dentist for that really.

have phoned the out of hours ,am waiting for a call back they say it could be up to 2 hrs