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MomToFive
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About 3 weeks ago I got a bad toothache out of nowhere. Tried to tough it out but ended up going to the dentist, for the first time in years. X rays were done, no infection was seen. But the tooth that hurt had some bone loss. I got antibiotics, finished them. The tooth stopped hurting as much but still hurt. A week later I woke up with a huge, painful pus filled bump on my upper gum on the right side, between the tooth that hurt and the one next to it.
Went back to dentist. More x rays. This time diagnosed with a perio abcess. So it got lanced, then teeth and pockets flushed, antibiotic sprayed in there and Done.
it will be 2 weeks since it was lanced on Monday, and it’s STILL draining pus. The swelling has gone, but where it was cut still has a small opening that continues to drain. Is this normal?
I called the office, they said it can be normal, but to come back Monday if it’s not better. It was also suggested it might be coming from my sinus??!! As I had just gotten over a bad flu a couple weeks before the toothache.
So needless to say my anxiety is through the roof and I’m traumatized. My first time back to the dentists has been horrible. Can anyone tell me how long a gum abscess takes to drain?? Can this still be normal instead of something terrible? Thank you!
Went back to dentist. More x rays. This time diagnosed with a perio abcess. So it got lanced, then teeth and pockets flushed, antibiotic sprayed in there and Done.
it will be 2 weeks since it was lanced on Monday, and it’s STILL draining pus. The swelling has gone, but where it was cut still has a small opening that continues to drain. Is this normal?
I called the office, they said it can be normal, but to come back Monday if it’s not better. It was also suggested it might be coming from my sinus??!! As I had just gotten over a bad flu a couple weeks before the toothache.
So needless to say my anxiety is through the roof and I’m traumatized. My first time back to the dentists has been horrible. Can anyone tell me how long a gum abscess takes to drain?? Can this still be normal instead of something terrible? Thank you!