If you are here because you or someone you know is suffering from mouth abscess then let me tell you that this was a perfectly avoidable situation had you taken better oral care. We actually put ourselves into this situation (including myself!) and then regret and repair. Mouth abscess can happen to people at any age as long as their teeth are intact. People with dentures can rest in peace!
Doctor may not be able to give you an immediate appointment. Until then, here are some home remedies if the toothache is unbearable. Mix 1/4-teaspoon of potassium carbonate in 1/2 glass of water and use this solution as a mouthwash. Using it three to four times should reduce the pain in a few hours. This alkaline solution usually destroys the bacteria. Many people who suffered toothache due to mouth abscess in the past have unanimously Okayed this remedy to get rid of pain until the doctor’s help arrives. For some people clove power stuffed in the cavity has also helped.
Another home remedy for mouth abscess is, if you have tooth ache or swelling in the gums immediately take to drinking two- three glasses of water and continue drinking a glass or two of water every 20-30 minutes, the pain will start to reduce after a while (The process works because your body absorbs the water through the colon) and will perhaps completely subside.
The main cause of mouth abscess is inappropriate dental hygiene. People who don’t take proper dental care or don’t visit the dentist for check ups regularly suffer mouth abscess. Bad oral hygiene leads to cavities and cavities if left unattended to give rise to a further complication called mouth abscess. The infection begins at tooth level cavity and if not attended within proper time, can spread to mouth, face, throat or jaw. As an exception you can also get mouth infection or abscess after injuring a tooth by accident. Another home remedy is that you mix oil of cloves and peroxide cures the tooth abscess.
The best home remedy for mouth abscess is prevention. Understand the importance of oral hygiene. Don’t be in a hurry to brush and floss. Don’t postpone your visit to the doctor. And for an unforeseen situation dental insurance proves to be God sent.
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Listen, I found the best. Ignore all the other stuff, I promise this will work everytime instantly. And even for a couple weeks minimum. But remember, before i tell you the quick fix, start looking for anti biotics. HinT: the pet stores use them for Fish aquariums. Anyways, take something and find the exact area of pain. Dry area with cotton, toliet paper whatever, and apply super glue to the entire area. Use the ‘Gel’ kind. It wont hurt you, i use it always. If you dont feel the pain almost instantly stop throbing, then the area is still exposed and needs to be covered. Sometimes though you may think that its one tooth when actully its the one next to it. make sure that you get between then if that is where the cavity is. And see a dentist if you can afford it. Hope this helps i know it will better than any other remeidy.
Well, I felt this coming for the last three days, but I am broke, no insurance and have a swollen cheek. So now what? I begin madly surfing the net for home remedies and I can only prey to the Divine that something, anything works. So, I have been taking 200mg motrin tablets like candy for the last 2 days. I finally found an number that helped with them. 800mg. Thats the prescription strength last time I looked. Warm water with lots of sea salt (that I got out from the Instant Ocean box under the fish tank), and finally a tea bag, hot and wet or dry from my experience. My abscess has not come to a head yet, but it will, it always does. So I know it is only going to get worse. But when it evens looks like its going to form that little bubble on my gum…. pin prick here I come. Easy though, and make sure it is sterile. That liquid that seeps out is disgusting, but it sure makes it feel better to spit it out than hold inside your face for that long.
This usually holds me over for about a year until it happens again.
And BTW, it does not come back any worse than it had any previous times. It is always the same pain and the same place, and the same procedure to relieve it. I have had doctors all my life tell me to finish all the antibiotics or the infection will come back twice as bad. I think they just want you to have to come back for more so they can make money.
I have a abscess tooth on the upper right side of my mouth. I started using the Tea Bag and My Right Cheek has become extremely swollen and the inside of my mouth has huge white pus area’s and I am wondering if this is something I should of expected. I have had the abscessed tooth for months with a boil on the gum. It appears that the boil has burst and the infection has moved throughout my cheek. I will continue to use the teabags because it seems to be drawing out the infection.
I have been so pissed off with the Dentist office I had went to. They made me feel worse. They wouldn’t do anything without me giving them several hundred dollars. The root canal with a crown was over $1600.00 and I told them that my Dental Insurance will go into affect on January 1, 2010 and that I would have to wait. The girls that work at the dentist office were trying to tell me that I need the more expensive crown and I said I want to go the cheapiest route due to finances.. They just weren’t going to have it!! So now I am seeking out a new Dentist and I won’t put up with anyone Bull S**t…It seems that if you have a medical emergency a doctor is required to give you the medical attention you need. If you have a dental emergency and Dentist does nothing unless you can open your wallet and give them the money right then and there.. I hate Dentist!!!
Thanks,
KLC
Try a dental school for cheaper care
My son’s face is swollen from an abscess tooth, what really sucks is that when you work and can’t afford any health insurance. For middle class people like us who work hard its terrible that we can’t even afford health or dental insurance,but we just have to deal with the pain. If you have any suggestions for the swelling and pain I’m waiting to hear from you.
I have plenty of tooth pain and have found a few different remedies.
For pain there is always Orajel – but i have found that CLOVE POWDER IS BEST FOR PAIN- you can buy it powdered- but i prefer the whole cloves, and grinding them myself- after grinding i usually cut up lil coffee filter squares and make little clove powder pouches, they easily sit inside your cheek for hours, i can even eat and drink while i use them. Your son might feel as if it makes it worse the first time…. but that’s how you know it’s working- as long as he leaves it in for at least 15 min, he can take it out…. after that it shouldn’t really hurt. I leave mine in at nite and spit them out in the morning.
It WORKS I Promise! I also use peroxide for infections, baking soda, and rinsing with salt water. I hear that pressing a green tea bag against it will also help. You could also try super glue (gel)- be sure the area is dried before applying, be sure to cover the whole area. This wont hurt you…. in fact- surgeons often use a sterilized version of super glue on their patients! (yes, the secret is out)
Try the cloves for sure, i recommend it to anyone- you can always use clove oil also. goodluck… mouth pain is the worse!
PS. JUST BE SURE NONE! OF THE ABOVE RECOMMENDED IS SWALLOWED!!!
Zina, I have a solution; perhaps if you quit posting libelous and anonymous messages on mercedsun-star.com and start looking for a better job, you’d have the health and dental benefits you desire. Even more so, had you been able to handle the transition to the new agency and been able to keep your job, you’d still have the health benefits you had before. Maybe you have better benefits now. Good riddance to you.
You are awful. Regardless of what occurred to leave Zina with no insurance, she is asking for help because her child is suffering.
She did not mention her former job, nor did she speak ill of them (on THIS site) or blame them for her current state.
How did you find her post here? Stalking is a crime, Jane dear….bettter hope Zina doesn’t consult a public defender as you are OBVIOUSLY trolling the internet looking for her.
If she had to work with people like you, no wonder she wasn’t able to “transition”. It should be she who is bidding good riddance….to ugly tempered, narrow minded people like yourself!
“OMG” Jane what is your F*****g problem, if you have nothing nice to say then leave idiot.
what does any of this have to do with an absess tooth
Since we’re so candidly handing out advice Jane, perhaps I could be of some assistance you: Seek professional counseling and a dating service, because you so blatantly come across as a bitter, miserable old bitch.
Zina: I hope you were able to get the situation handled in a better manner. Some people need to be re-educated and re-socialized on what is appropriate behavior, and what is not.
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Wow Jane, Stalker, bech, hmm yes You’re bech and a jealous bech, maybe if you weren’t caught sleeping with the boss you wouldn’t be so jealous of Zina, yes the W*H9re get’s caught with her boss, then get’s mad at a former employee, typical of an office monkey lol
Jane Coward,
You are an idiot. Crawl back under your rock, you lowlife. This person is reaching out for help. You are obviously too young to know about REAL tooth pain.
Your type gives the Human Race a bad name. I know you and you are not only crazy,,, you put the UG in ugly. If you would lose some weight, you could do things besides sit 24/7 and post on all these Forums. You need to get off that Xtra large rear end and try some exercise. We both know some of the same people in real life. I am going to tell everybody what you do for fun,, lowlife.
BTW Jane, Why would you tell someone to get a job when you collect SSD. you never would have gotten it without that shydter lawyer. If you can post on all these Forums, you can work and we shouldn’t be paying your way thriugh life.
Besisdes, Medicare don’t give you Dental Coverage, so what are you talking about? You dirty lowlife scammer cheating us out of our hard earned money so you can have a computer and sit and eat treats ALL day. With all that fat your going to have a heart attack. Then you’ll have to use one of your other names to ge advise. I’m giving you some now,,, LOSE SOME WEIGHT AND QUIT CHEATING THE SYSTEM. You’ll feel better about yourself after you drop about 160 pounds and start paying your own way.
Ouch
how do u get the dental help u need when it’s so expencive and can’t afford insurence or out of pocket? i’m desporate 2 get all my teeth pulled and get dentures. teeth over crouded, busted and abscessed due to wisdom teeth. miserable! help?
What I did initially was go to 1800dentist.com and find somewhere close. You can let them know you don’t have insurance. Sadly the office closed today due to bad weather so I had to go to immediadent.
Are you a dentist making these comments?????
WOW! It really is true about the medical/dental profession promoting co-dependence with their patients.
Dear dentist- you forgot that every abscess is not caused simply by poor hygiene-ever heard of bone loss around a weak tooth???
Second, a good home remedy (which obviosly you do not wish to share) is to cleanse the infected area with baking soda and salt.
This will provide instant relief for a temporary solution until you can begin antibiotics. The professionals don’t want you to know this for some reason??? They would rather prescribe pain killers which half the time do not work but pads their pocket with gold. sir, it is obvious why you got into dentistry. (1) money
(2) people second Good luck with that!
TDOUCH,
All peroxide does is kill everything, good and bad bacteria as well as cells in tissues. Baking Soda may be soothing but won’t heal anything. I have found that it is true about using a 50/50 mix of 3% peroxide to kill bacteria. You then need to reintroduce bacteria. If you don’t, peroxide may give you thrush, or Black Tongue if you use it too often. It can also burn your mouth if you use it straight. If a person with no Gum Disease uses the 50/50 mix once a week, you probably will never develop gum disease. It is useless for healing a puss filled, infected socket causing pain and bone loss. This is caused by bad Oral hygiene or a cavity left unattended.
You also have that backwards. It’s Gum Disease that causes loose teeth, not the other way around. You should educate yourself on a topic before you express useless opinions.
Most Dentists tell you to rinse with warm salt water. It has healing properties and sooths.
Ouch is right Janey. get a life preferably with christ at the center
it is regretable that you bring our Lord into a jab like that, there is nothing worse than being mean in the name of Christ.
Amanda…please READ. There was no jab by TD Ouch, the jab was by Jane to a woman trying to get help for her child. TD is right….Jane neds to get a life and if Christ were at the center, maybe she wouldn’t be so ugly to others.
Ok, from all this it looks like i need to go out and sh@g some whres, stalk some people. Be a miserable, sad loner and definately avoid Americans and my Abscess will be gone. Wheres the whres at?
Gay, At your mothers house in Juarez.
This will reduce the swelling and stop the pain. Mix 1 tea spoon of pepper, 1 tea spoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of vinigar in a cup of water. Bathe on the tooth for 1/2 – 1 hour.
u people are suppose to be helping people but all u r doing is being mean u need to get a life
Go to the store and get any liquor and an eye dropper and periodically drop alcohol on the tooth. It will numb it. You could try rinsing with warm salt water. Cloves or mint oil will help. Toothpaste directly on the affected area as a topical solution (not brushing) will help. I’m in this boat right now. I think the only real solution is a dentist’s visit and either a filling, root-canal, or extraction. Guess which one is the cheapest.
I haven’t tried this yet, but look for dentists that use water-lase technology. Supposedly it makes fillings painless.
Thank you to all that actually posted something worthwhile on this site, for the other jackasses that paste insults here just do the world a favour and go to hell! This website is meant to assist people with their difficulties and if you cannot help you are not welcome here!
lol sorry Seduction of looserness u go to hell. to bad there isn’t one, maybe there isn’t a you either
I HAVE AN ABSIST TOOTH AND IT HURTS I DON’T HAVE ANY TYPE OF INSHURANCE AND I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ANTIBODCIS PLEASE HELP ME
I’ve had an abscessed tooth since Friday when I woke up. No pain, but the left side of my face looked like I had a fight with a botox needle. It was swollen up into my jaw. I immediately started anitbiotics. (I, fortunately, have the pleasure that my boyfriend’s father is a foot doctor and has Amoxicillin on hand.) It seemed like it was going down and almost gone yesterday, but when I woke up this morning, it was bigger than ever and a new swelling had appeared right above my tooth on the gum. I tried to pop it to drain it, but even though it didn’t hurt normally, it was very tender to the touch and I couldn’t pop it without really hurting myself. So I tried the tea bag method. I took a dry Lipton tea bag and held it in my mouth directly ON the pus filled abscess. It hurt like h-e- double hockey sticks for about 20 minutes. I mean, it REALLY hurt. But then the pain completely went away and even touching my cheek was ok while I had the tea bag in. So I left it there for two hours and then got up and went to the bathroom. Sure enough, at the base of the bubble was a white dot surrounded by a black bigger dot. I took my sterilized needle and just barely touched it. IT POPPED!! All the nasty, horrible smelling pus came oozing out. I gently pushed on the top of the abscess (up in my check) and guided it to the whole. I completely drained it within 30 minutes with lots of spitting. After that, I rinsed and swished my mouth with hydrogen peroxide to sanitize after all that poison was in there. Then rinsed with cool water to get rid of the hydrogen peroxide. Now I know the abscess can fill up again, especially overnight, so I’m keeping a tea bag on my gums for a couple of more hours while I make sure it’s all extracted. With the combo of antibiotics and drainage, I’ll be able to go to the dentist on Wednesday and have the dang thing pulled so it won’t cause me anymore problems.
I hope this helps someone!!
OMG!!! I am 16, and i went to the dentist like a year ago, and they gave me a unnecessary filling. it fell out this summer, and an abscess formed like 2 years ago. i am sooo going to try this. i really hope that it helps. my family is really strapped for cash. and we have no insurance. so i have had to dael with this for so long. it really hurts, and it really sucks. thank you everyone.
This really worked. I put the tea bag on my gum for about an hour and then popped the abcessed. The whole thing drained in about 30 to 45 minutes and I was feeling MUCH better! Thanks
I got a razor blade and cut off my absess.. it hurt like a bitch but afterwords a lot more of my tooth is exposed and it is gone. i rubbed powdered amoxicillin on the wound and swish hydrogen peroxide daily. i don’t know if this helps but its all i could do and it seems better than letting it build up at all.
people when other people are asking questions why do people have to be so mean??people are only looking for help when they are in pain!!i have suffered many of toothaches and a dentist can be very expensive for people who don’t have insurance
okay…nothing really works only temporary most of the time, but viegar works but it burns like hell, my ace is swollen right now.
if u cant afford to see a dentist…..
rob somebody because im in the position to kill somebody right now lol…im in so much pain but only warm n salt water, alot of antibiotics, vitamin c…should knock it.
I have had many abcesses… I have always found that if you catch it soon enough, a hot cup of heavily salted water (to the point that no more salt will dissolve) take a good swig, swirl n scoosh, gargle if you can for about 1min. Spit. Take a decent gob full and swirl it gently in your mouth for as long as pos.. a good half hour if you can.. take ibuprofen and water to rehydrate your now puckered mouth and go to bed. Hey presto.. you wake up and it’s gone. If its bigger than a fat pea then your bingoed. Nothing but anti-b n extraction will cure it. yeah… you can go down the road of root canal.. it’s not worth the extra few years with the tooth.. it only prolongs the pain as it eventually will need harvested.
I’m with who-ever was talking about falsers being the final goal here.. surely evolution will eventually do away with teeth.. Our genetic make-up allowing for our ability to insert suitable chewing equipment into our gaping maws just like it has allowed for our ability to provide warmth with clothes n fire.
Which would make me the missing link.. I have an extra wisdom tooth
One more to lose before I can get the tooth fairy off my back!
I currently work in a dentist office. For further healthier teeth it is important to see your doctor every 6 months.Unless you have periodontal disease you need to see the doc. every 3 months. A few of these home remidies such as salt water, amoxacilian works as well. You can also try to take warm to hot water and swoosh it around in your mouth. This will help numb the spot till you can get an appointment with yor doctor. Go to the doctor evry six months. For the amount of money that you spend fixing your teeth, its worth to go to prevent these painful things from taking place.
Wonderful! Your office offers FREE care? I would gladly go to the dentist every 6 months if they would even allow a payment plan, rather than requiring payment befor treatment….100’s of dollars at a time.
So! Since you have let us all know the OBVIOUS…where is your office? You surely wouldn’t tell a site full of people who can’t afford care to go unless it was free or low cost, right?
Ahhh..yes amen to that comment….ty
Hi I have an abscess under my bridge in the front of my mouth I got it first about a year ago and went to see the doc he gave me antibiotics and told me i needed a root canal or the tooth removed which means a new bridge that i cant afford even with my insurance i am taking antibiotics again and it has been 3 days and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better I am going to try a tea bag but i cant get anything under the bridge it is to swollen and ideas would greatly help!
To the person who insulted the other one and mentioned her not messing up on her job:
i was shocked to see such a comment posted in this type of board. If you have been hurt by this other person so much that you want to make them PAY by covertly sending “digs” your way, I want you to know that I’ve been in your shoes.
To the person who was “dug” I want you to know that if you messed up, there is a God who forgives, but you also, IF you messed up, need to ask forgiveness and turn the opposite way with opposite behaviors and God will step in and make things well again.
I’m suffering a miserable toothache, yet again. i’m living on ibuprofen and very concerned about what it might be doing to my inner organs. Dentists are not very available around me.
Life is so short but there is always hope till you breathe your last. God wants a relationship with you.
~Beth
I have found that many of the postings here to be helpful. Another solution is to muscle rub on the outside of your jaw(around the bad tooth) , this will increase the circulation and ease some of the pain and swelling.
Garlic also increases the circulation of the blood to spread it from one area to all over allowing your body to heal at a natural pace.
Rinse lots and lots with an bacterial mouth wash to ensure that your keeping any food particles from touching the infected area.
I have this right now. I had half a tooth break that had a previous cavity in it, and it’s been hurting for 3 days. I woke up this morning with this big puffy cheek. Ice doesn’t make the swelling go down fyi. I have used mouthwash, but that doesn’t do a whole lot either. Perhaps killed some of the bacteria?
Even if i kill off the bacteria, the puffiness has to go down, which means it needs to pop. The “sack” if filled with bacteria filled pus, so you can’t let that get back into the tooth. I was using a shot of vodka earlier when the tooth was hurting more, which may have been killing the bacteria on site for the most part. Don’t swallow though… you’ll drink a small shot every half hour…
The worst part about the whole situation is that my dentist has been on vacation for a week now, and is not going to be back until another three days. So even if you have insurance, sometimes this situation is really just unavoidable. I plan on taking off of work Monday and going door to door with every dentist i find in google until one is open and can treat me.
This can only be permanently fixed with a root canal or tooth removal. Removal for me is about $100. Root canal, more like $600. If i didn’t have insurance, I know what I’d do.
Hydrogen Peroxide killed the pain right away on an abscess tooth but one day I had to use it over and over again and realized it started to “eat away” at my taste buds on my tongue. Then I discovered Peppermint oil for use on my abscess, broken tooth, and another tooth where the filling came out, exposing complete nerves. The peppermint worked instantly for pain relief but now I have a huge swollen jaw on one side of my face. Not sure what to do to get the swelling down but I guess I’ll keep at the Peppermint oil for now. Any suggestions?
UM- If you don’t have insurance and you NEED to go to the doctor or dentist than GO!!! Okay so you will have a bill for 7 years that will be on your credit report OH WELL- the state of our economy is in the toilet and alot of people are saying it has everything to do with the fact that we don’t have universal healthcare (while others agree it is because of the sub-prime mortgages but anyway) Don’t worry the “POOR” doctor or dentist will of course be helped by the goverment when he has write-offs- its another way big business gets priority over the little people. And FYI many states will go back 3 months and cover you with state insurance if you have big enough doctor bills. BUT you can DIE from an abcess tooth! so if you think your credit is more important than your life than you have been programmed by THE MAN. another easy solution go to Mexico dental work is wayy cheap there
Melissa…in NJ, dentists will not treat you unless you pay in advance….so “bills for 7 yrs” are not an option.
That is the same way iin every state out there, i can’t get medical from state unless i pop out another kid to get mediaciad card, and i am not about to do that for a tooth. i work at night as a cart pusher for a walmatr and can’t get insurance. all the dentist know that you can’t pay so that is why the charge in full first. and oh, i love their credit plan with wells fargo, you have to have great credit for them to work wih you so you still are screwed. i went to opsital to get pain meds and antibiotics and the stupid doctor looked down on me and talked to me like i was a horrible person who doesn’t have the good sense to have good hygiene. i have have a medical problem that very few know about where plague in our bodies build up in a rapid about, i can brush my teeth and ten minutes later have the same amount of plague, why,,, be cause i iwas born taht way, my teeth, no matter what i do, will get bad and have to eventually all come out and i am so sick of being looked doan at for having no insurance. i am a greta mom , and i work hard and dnetist should be required to take payments . Thank god for Remote Area Medical programs. I may have to wait till february to see soeone, but at least it will b free.
hi there. i woke up this morning and my face was twice as big as normal! the swelling was huge! anyway. abscess. huge. pressure was awful. couldnt cope so i stuck an earring in it. the pressure went instantly. pain was gone and now im washing my mouth out with anti bacterial mouth wash. fyi the puss was vile. as was the blood!
i have a wisdom tooth that hurts like hell the top of the tooth is broken off so it is a gapping black hole with a huge cavity in it my pain has kept me from eating and sleeping this is day 3 no sleep but my way to take the pain away orajel and a cocktail of hydrocodone and valium to sleep but if ya dont have either one go to the er get hooked up then get to the county hospital and register im a single mom and cannot afford a lot when u hurt do something about it
hi there i have a tooth absis its really painful. ive had for a week now and ive been trying some home remidies, the best one yet is suprisingly onions, theyre really good, so are cheesy poofs.
Hello To All you Fellow toothache and absess Suffer’s!!..i would just like to make one quick point before i begin on my Rant And Quick Fix..Posting a Vulgar comment like the one posted above by one “Jane” was TOTALLY rude and not needed.especially on a board like this one..i couldnt believe what she commented on that other woman..i know how that woman feels about not being able to afford it..but anyways.
I have had a absess on my tooth for about 3 years now..is that normal?..i went to my dentist about 2 years before it happened and it was only a little Caveity then so she Filled it with Silver filling and about 2 years after i started to noctice that it was continueing rotting underneath the filling..i am a person who brushes and gurggles 3 times a day and its the only problem i have ever had with my teeth so one day the absess burst and it felt incrediabley goood..but about 2 weeks later the pain came back both on that tooth and all of my bottem teeth..so i made a appointment with my dentist and for some reason she kept calling to “RESCHEDULE” the appointment??…but anyway here is what i used to make the pain go away..these are the things i would advise..
Use ICE AND LOTS OF IT!
Gurgle with core Salt or Regular and make sure it is warm water..cold water makes it hurt much worse
Drinking a shot of rum (shishing it around first) does help alot too.
What an incredibly ignorant and biased original post, Purva.
Like everyone else here, we came to learn about something that is no doubt causing an excess of pain and discomfort… and to be told that it was preventable? An individuals fault? Really? Wow
What about the dentist that suggested that ‘all was well’ after botching a root canal? The care giver that you entrusted with your health to repair something that didnt repair it? I mean, it is not like anyone suggested that complications might arise as a result of a screw up on their part, hmm? I suspect that perhaps my opinion is not that poorly considered, nor unique.
That said…What a pile of bollocks. Whats next, a diatribe on race or perhaps on the merits of anal bleaching?
To the rest here, thank you for your well considered and experienced recommendations.
To Purva (if that is your real name) … I think that they blanch your teeth with the same stuff as they use on your bunghole. Have fun with that. (and smile).
What is upsetting to me is hearing some people say that low cost/no cost dental is available for people and that theres no excuse for not going to the dentist! I beg to differ with you, because I have no job, and do not qualify for ANY dental coverage whatsoever! I was told I needed to be a full time student, in order to qualify for free dental. So basically if you have any kind of job, they consider your income too high for free dental, and if you dont have a job at all, they could care less because to them you still arent desperate enough. Um if I could afford to be a full time student, I think id also have the money to fix my dental problems. But here I sit with progressing periodontal disease, and no money for the expensive deep cleanings and antibiotic!
I have an absessed wisdom tooth. My face is swelling and my jaw and ear hurt. I have tried vanilla extract for it’s alcohol content for my tooth ache. Oregano. Massaging. putting wheate bread so that the yeast could soak the posion out. Oh God I am in agony! I have tried all kinds of remedies. Just nothing seems to work. I can’t take it! I’m bout ready to hit the Emergency room! I need some drugs QUIK!
Just tried the method mentioned above involving the warm salt water. I used table salt. I swished it in my mouth for a good minute or so and I think that alone popped the abscess. I had a lot of swelling under my top lip so I wanted to be sure I could drain everything. I cleaned a sewing needle with alcohol and popped the abscess again. The skin around the lesion was tender enough from the salt water that it pierced the bubble with little pain. I then guided the vile puss and blood out of the hole I made and it seemed to have escaped from around the base of the tooth as well.
I went to the ER yesterday to get Penicillin and Vicodin and would suggest using these drugs to ensure the disease is fought from within your body. The Vicodin (hydrocodone/tylenol) always helps with the pain, and I have found Aleve or Advil (naproxen) helps reduce swelling. Vicodin and Naproxen can be taken together but may upset your stomach.
So far the abscess seems to be filling up again, but when I squeeze it out I get what appears to be healthy blood rather than the puss I had previously. I imagine the penicillin will fight off further infection. My only hope now is that the tooth will be saved since it is a front tooth. Your wisdom teeth may be harder to treat yourself. Good Luck.
Also, Thanks to everyone who has posted their experiences here. I have a lot of issues with the US health/dental situation and I’m glad there is real information out there to help people help themselves. Thank you all.
By the way “Jane” that was an ugly f*ck*ng commet you made there to that woman. If you cannot bring a solution to the table to help and benefit to the “cause”. Then might I suggest, YOU SHUT YOUR DAMN PIE WHOLE!
How about a rotten PIE!
By the way it’s the pain talking!
I do not want to hear about you telling me how i could prevent it. I am in agony. I brush my teeth regularly my last denta appointment was less than a week ago. I want a simple way to stop the pain so i can get to sleep and then call the dentist (IN AGONY) in the morning.
So as to your unhelpful advice…
Bite me.
If you’re not chewing on the side of your mouth, where the aching tooth is, then chances are you need to take 600mg of Ibuprofen. If that doesn’t work, like it didn’t in me after 1 yr of having the pain, then the ER can give you an antiinflamitory (for infection) and codiene pill (for the pain – only $10. cash w/ out insurance). It’s a temporary relief!
How long does it take the antiflamitory to work?
hi i seem to suffer from absess when i use cotton buds in my left ear and then by the next morning my mouth is swollen i have got a bad tooth on the left side which im waiting for the dentist 2 pull out but they wont pull it out while my mouth is swollen ive tryed paracetomol ibuofen they dont seem to work so now ive tryed warm salt water has anybody Any suggestions?
All of you people are saying oooo it hurts, i’m sitting her with one that and it’s pressure is so bad that the bubble is bigger than my tooth. My tooth’s crown is completly gone. I have tried treating mine with antibiotics and they just don’t work! Before i start taking them i have no puss bubble and after i take them i do. I have been living with my tooth like this for about 2 years. It comes and goes; i didn’t have a puss bubble for 6 months and for some reason it’s back again. it’s not as painful as you make it seem, even though i may just be used to tooth aches because i have bad teeth. If you don’t have a good job than you can get welfare insurance.
pop the damn puss bubble when you see it, or else your gum will just keep re-absorbing it in a vicious cycle. If the abcess is in a tooth vault, the antibiotics will do NOTHING until it’s drained.
for those who don’t have insurance, try to find a dentist near you at freemedicalcamp.com I think this is the right site or it is something close to this you might have to google it. Anyway, they tell you of a dentist in your area that charges based on your income usually not more than $25-50 dollars per tooth. I had a troublesome tooth pulled for $25 and that was it. Some are free. Good Luck They are so cheap because the get a federal subsidy and take lower fees.
Melissa – do you know how much it costs to go to dental or medical school? Around 200k, give or take. And these doctors and dentists have to pay overhead on their clinics, staff, utilities, apparatus, and so on, and what a primary care doctor or dentist actually takes home is not as much as you would think it was. So enough with the sarcasm that reeks of income jealousy. You have no idea what you are talking about regarding that.
As far as an abscess goes – clove/peppermint oil is good for temporary anesthesia. Use a cotton swab, not your finger. You can go to a local health department for antibiotics and more heavy-duty pain relief, or try Aleve/Motrin over the counter. Swishing with salt water is also temporarily effective for swollen areas – it draws the water out of the swollen area (remember, water follows salt). Be careful not to swallow too much of it or you’ll induce diarrhea.
FYI, dental insurance is not as expensive as you might think. I know several plans that cost around $100 a year for basic insurance and $150 a year for families. These plans don’t cover all costs but they do save you 50-75% of what it would cost without insurance, and if you get your 2 check-ups and cleanings a year, it’s worth it. Aetna has one such plan, but you can do a simple Google search for “dental plans” to see what works for you.
I would not recommend going to Mexico for a dental treatment, unless perhaps you happen to live right on the border. Mexican dental care is not held to the same rigors as the US, and if something were to go wrong, then what would you do? Sue? Go to the hospital? Not worth the risk, IMO.
Cheap relief for abscess is a glass of warm water with 3-4 tblspoons of salt, swill around for the infected gum/tooth for 5-15 mins every 3-4 hours. This will offer some relief and take down the infection a little bit, but it won’t cure you of it. the abscess in the later stages will show itself by inflaming the gun and having it swollen but the infection will be much deeper usually in the area at the bottom of the nerve, and if left untreated, it’ll eat away and possibly invade your face, jaw bone and even other parts of your body leading to death.
As for pain relief, I would suggest you take ibuprofen as it’s an anti-inflammatory and reduces swelling, of course those with peptic ulcers and problems with their digestive system should avoid such things. Try some Cuiprofen that’s cocodomol combined with ibuprofen, you can buy them over the counter at your local pharmacy
I have often taken 2 paracetomol(500mg) and one Cuiprofen tablet every 4-6 hours 3-4 times a day until visiting a local DDS
Just to comment on Abscesses – anybody can get them, whether you have great dental hygiene or the worst, it doesn’t really matter. Of course poor hygiene usually results in far worser cases, but still don’t be mislead by others telling you that cavities are the result of neglect. The problem today is so many foods are packed with sugars that feed these harmful bacteria, and due to the de and remineralization of the enamel it affects everybody.
My suggestion for preserving your teeth is a regular visit to your DDS, brushing/flossing 3-4 times a day seeing as people eat a lot more snacks. Also a good tip is to chew cheese of a night, before bed.
This makes me want to headbutt a hatchet.
Shit my face is sooo huge i look like elephant man,i tried the tea bag thng n it dont work for sht.Antibiotics for 3 days and its not going down. the person who said its not as bad as it seems you chat shit and need to fix up. have had lots of abscesses and they never hurt me but this time.WOW I FKIN HURT LIKE HELLLLLLLLLLLLL HELP
PLEASE
One easy solution for the person who uses an earbud in there left ear then gets an abscess,would’nt not using an earbud help? l lol?
I had a painful toothache yesterday and I tried rinsing many times with mouthwash followed by warm salt water. It seemed to help a bit, but I was living off ibuprofen for the day and counting the minutes til my next dose. Then today I woke up and everything on the left side of my mouth was quite swollen. I rinsed with salt water and went back to bed for a couple of hours. When I woke up I was in agony, so I popped an ibuprofen and started rinsing with mouthwash and then salt water over and over. After the second time it was feeling better, I rinsed about 5 times and the swelling and pain was almost gone (though i’m sure the drugs helped). But it also hasn’t returned, I am very relieved because it’s a long weekend and I know I won’t be able to see the dentist for a while. I hope this helps!!
I have had to return to this site after the helpful hints and tips.
I was in agony, couldnt sleep, talk, eat, i wanted to cut my head off (and that is NOT being melodramatic)
I followed many tips i found on here from different posts and put them together…
* Drank a glass of water every 30 Minitues
*Used a Saline mouthwash (salt water) every Hour, (for a good 3-4 minitues)
* Herbal/Perpermint Tea bags pushed against the abscess and gum, (my absis wasnt visable when the pain first hit, but when i woke up the next day my face was 3 times the size and a huge abscess was there)
*I took IBUPROFEN for “pain relief”
(im unsure if many people end up looking how i did for 3 days, only today has my face gone back to ’semi normlal’ and thats 5 days.)
Luckily my abscess split itself and started to leak the smelly poision ………. (AT LAST!!!!) i then helped push and drain the rest out. Followed by more salt water swished around in my mouth for 3 minitues.
I hope some of this can help someone else, as i know exactly how you feel if you are reading this forum!!
A tooth in an abscessing mode will feel exactly as you described:
“I was in agony, couldnt sleep, talk, eat, i wanted to cut my head off (and that is NOT being melodramatic)”
I’ve been there and the best thing I can tell you is get to the ER, right away, for pain meds and an antibiotic. Dentist usually like to have some of the swelling decrease, via antibiotics, b/f they’re able to clearly see the entire problem w/ an x-ray.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I PULL THE ABSCESS TOOTH MY SELF?
HOW?
IT HURTS SO F@#$ING BAD
Hi, I have an abcess right now, but thankfully it doesn’t hurt anymore. I know how painful it can be when it is acts up and seriously if you are having really bad pain you should consider smoking marijuana, or if you are in CA go to a dr. And get another form prescribed. Most toothaches are stubborn to even the most potent painkillers including hydrocorone, and even Morphine. This is due to the fact that the nerve is most likely infected, and opiod pain killers do not work very well on nerve pain. So, if you’re taking ibuprofen and it’s not working (it may help with inflammation, however) it’s likely that you need nerve or root extraction done. Either way, there are actually receptors for cannabis in your body, and marijuana will definitely relieve the pain. Sorry for those who are against it, or don’t have any onhand during the onset of the pain.
I have been killed with pain over the last few days with this abcess and as a result ive been eatting all kinds of pain killers like they were sweeties but to no effect what so ever. However i strongly agree with you that cannabis is an excellent pain reliver an a few smokes will work TEN TIMES better than any percription drugs.
Btw sorry for the typos, typing on my iPhone and was too lazy to proofread, but just realized it compromises my credibility so…Replace act with acting… Hydrocorone…hope you all feel better, and one last thing, i agree with whoever made the post about the author of this article being a little strange… What a misleading article for ppl actually looking for a solution, and btw there are many reasons ppl get cavities, tooth problems and sometimes it CAN’T be prevented! I can think of a million reasons…weak immune, bone structure decay, adolescent neglect, lack of hygiene education to name a few.
Btw sorry for the typos, typing on my iPhone and was too lazy to proofread, but just realized it compromises my credibility so…Replace act with acting… Hydrocorone…hope you all feel better, and one last thing, i agree with whoever made the post about the author of this article being a little strange… What a misleading article for ppl actually looking for a solution, and btw there are many reasons ppl get cavities, tooth problems and sometimes it CAN’T be prevented! I can think of a million reasons…weak immune, bone structure decay, adolescent neglect, lack of hygiene education to name a few.
Holy Cow. So. Im pretty sure Im sh*t out of luck. Im knocked up, and really the only thing I can take is Vikodin. Do you think it will be okay to go to the hospital? I have no isurance, I was going to go yesterday, but started to feel bad cause its not a real emergency…. but yet, Im broke the economy is shitty and I dont think anyone cares anymore. Do you think that I should swish with clove oil… as bad as it tastes???
-mxr
If you are prego and 2x over the poverty limit, you can go get yourself FREE county/state health insurance.
Hello everyone, I feel all of you when you say you’re in pain, I’ve had a re-accuring abscess in my right back molar, now it’s gotten to the point where vodka won’t even work! I tried popping it several times but it’s gotten to the soft stage and only blood will come out, not to mention it’s extremely tender to the touch now.
So in conclusion, Fck me sideways and call me sally, this shit hurts like a mother efferrrrr
i first started having problems after my dentist insisted that i needed a filling behind my front left tooth. ever since then i have experienced problems, that particular tooth became very sensitive and i had to start drinking through a straw. i first got a tooth ache just after christmas and over new year. i was in agony but it eventially went away after about a week, but a few days ago (saturday) i bit into my flake on my icecream(yum) and it froze my tooth. i didnt really think any thing of it because i was used to its sensitivity but then my tooth started aching and by sunday it had got as bad as it was at christmas however, when i woke up on monday morning my upper lip had swollen a bit and my gums had gone numb i did not experience this last time and i started getting worried, i took paracetamol, this helped the pain but didnt cure it, by tuesday both cheeks had swollen and i was in serious pain. i took a day off and went to the doctors, my doctor then prescribed me with some antibiotics told me to go to the dentist, so i went to the dentist that same day after asking for an emergency appointment. the dentist took an xray and he told me to take double of what the doctor prescribed me and that i had to go back in a few weeks for him to do some ‘treatment’ on my tooth. then this morning(wednessday) i started feeling a lump at the top of my mouth under the bridge. it wasnt painful but very tender. and my lips and cheeks were still swollen. so i took another day off (missing two GCSE exams:/) the swelling has started to go down on my cheeks but the gums are still numb. and im embarrassed to go out while my face is swollen because i look wierd. i hope it goes down soon:/ btw im 16 so i get my dental care free on the NHS.
A while ago I had a root canal and my dentist filled it with a temporary filling. I was 17. My parents didn’t have the money to take me back in and have it finished. Now I am 19 and over time the filling ran down until my tooth had a crater and was pretty much just a shell. The root canal took out the majority of the nerves so I don’t fell much pain. For a while I’ve had a hollow tooth so there’s no suprise that the enfection would grow into an abcess. At first my nerves in my jaw where swollen. The abcess was small but now has filled my hollow tooth to the top and bleeds sometimes. My nerves in my jaw are no longer swollen and have seemed to give up. When I take my finger and put it under my jaw I can feel the bottom part of the abcess against my jaw. The jaw bone its self feels a bit thinner than other side. My parents are losing the house. I am 19 and uninsured. I now have to get a lone so I can go in and have the tooth removed and get some heavy duty antibiotics. I just gargled some salt water and will continue to do so just so to hold me over for the weekend. Tuesday I’ll try to find a dentist. Hopefully the infection hasn’t spread. If I have work done in the future, I will make sure to have it finished in the same day. My only suggestion I can give to others is to gargle salt water throughout the day every day until you can see a dentist. It is important that you don’t pick at it and keep your hands out of your mouth. If you don’t an abcessed tooth, take care of teeth BEFORE they turn bad. I can tell you this from expierence!
Those here who complain of horrid pain from the abscess are not making it sound worse than it is, to whoever mentioned that. I, like you, have had problems with one of my teeth abscessing a few times for a few years. Our type of abscess is chronic, whereas the many here who complain of hellish pain are most likely suffering from acute abscesses. A chronic abscess hurts, yes, but it’s more of a dull, constant pain, which is what I have now.
I done the tea bag thing for a while, and amazingly, once I removed it, nearly all the swelling had gone down in my gums, and it no longer hurt to move my nose….ugh front tooth! No way in hell am I going to allow any dentist to pull that front tooth, especially when I cannot afford a bridge. The tooth itself appears to be fine, but since I have a chronic abscess and have had one for a few years now, the tooth has begun to loosen.
Whoever said to go to the dentist, insurance or not, is EXACTLY right! Look….I am temporarily disabled and unable to work. I get Medicare, but have no dental insurance. I can’t afford to pay attention. I can barely get the food I need, BUT I plan to have this taken care of. They can set it up on payments or whatever….payments I probably cannot pay, but I don’t care. I will have it done and worry about it later, IF I worry at all. My only problem at the moment is that I need to somehow make due until I can scrape up the cash to buy the Clindamycin I will undoubtedly need as no other antibiotic will clear up the infection. After that, and after the infection is gone, I am root canal bound!
is this site not monitored from people who have nothing better to do than rant at each other
go fuck yourselves
Have an abscess right now. Can’t get in to see my dentist for another couple of days. While not nearly as bad as my last bout, this one hurts pretty bad. Someone told me once that putting bread on it would help the pain immediately. The guy was a complete idiot, so I didn’t listen to him. The last abscess I had was horrible. I was in really bad pain and nothing would help. I even took enough prescription pain medication to kill someone. No joke. I think I took 9 pills with codeine. I knew it was dangerous, but the pain was so bad that I literally didn’t care if it killed me. It was a weekend and I couldn’t see the dentist until Monday. I had to have someone drive me to my dentists office on Monday morning and we had to pull over so I could throw up (way to much pain med in my system.) Finally, out of sheer desperation, I tried my idiot friends “bread” remedy (I felt like an idiot). To my amazement, it worked instantly. Of course, it only works as long as the bread stays on the tooth. It would be good to use until something else kicked in…pain meds, antibiotics, whatever.
Well infections and bad teeth don’t ALWAYS have to do with “bad brushing” etc. That’s a very ignorant comment! I have always taken care of my teeth with brushing, flossing, and visiting the dentist and all I ever had was a tiny cavity. That tiny cavity the dentist screw up on and drilled too deep which made me get a root canal. WELL this dentist didn’t get ALL the root out apparently and now 2 yrs later I’m suffering with a huge infection and am going to have to pull the tooth!!! I NOW THANK GOD I have dental insurance and I’m going to have to pull it because even WITH INSURANCE its going to cost minimum 1600-2000 to fix that ONE TOOTH! That’s outrageous!! So instead because of a dentists mistakes I’m going to have to lose a tooth!!!
I had a root canal 2-3 years ago. A week ago the same tooth started to hurt. And just yesterday my cheek was getting swollen. My left cheek is swollen and its tender to the touch. Im almost certian its an abcess, but i cant see it. Could something have gotten stuck between my gums and tooth and got infected? I just started taking penecillin today and maybe 2-3 ibproufen for swelling. I dont have insurance anymore so i cant afford to see a dentist. Should i still try to see one? Or will the anitbiotics and pain killers help?
I’d think you should still go to a dentist; I knew someone who had a root canal, then a few years later had to have the tooth extracted, anyway.
antibiotics* sorry.
I JUST HAVE A REALLY SORE GUM… I WANNA POP IT OR SOMETHING… PULL MY TOOTH OUT… SOMETHING!!! I FLOSS AND MOUTH WAS TWICE DAILY AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF PROB B4… I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MY WISDOM TOOTH, BUT WEEKS LATER ITS BIGGER AND MORE SWOLLEN AND EVERYTHING TASTE BAD…. I CANT AFFORD DENTIST A I AM A SINGLE MUM OF 2….. HOW AM I SPOSED TO GET HELp!!!!!!!
AN ADDENDUM TO THE SALT METHOD:
Journey to a natural foods or health foods shop (Whole Foods and the like) and pick up some All Natural Sea Salt. It possesses more antiseptic properties than your regular Iodized table salt.
It is very true that the majority of dental issues stem from lack of preventative measures. That doesn’t make us bad or ignorant, just busy and broke >.
I’ve done everything right including checkups and good oral hygiene. It’s a crock that any of this pain is my fault.
oh my goodness…let me please say to ALL who are mentioning about SEE A DENTIST and WORRY about the bill later…THERE IS NOT ONE DENTIST WHO WILL SEE YOU IN POLK COUNTY FLORIDA IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INS. OR MONEY UP FRONT!! I HAVE CALLED EVERY SINGLE ONE AND THEY DON’T CARE IF THE TOOTH IS HANGING FROM YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR BLEEDING TO DEATH. SHOW ME YOUR MONEY IS ALL THEY SAY! HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PAY THE DENTIST BEFORE THEY SEE ME SO THEY GET PAID! these merciless dentists are only there for you if you have money. there is not ONE who will take payments in polk co. YES I HAVE CALLED EVERY SINGLE ONE FOR HELP FOR MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER! I WOULD GLADLLY MAKE MY PAYMENTS (NOT ASKING FOR A HAND OUT) BUT THEY WILL NOT LOOK AT YOU! YES AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE ER FOR AN ABCESS THEY SCOULD YOU THAT THIS ISAN’T AN EMERGENCY AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A DENTIST!! FOR ALL WHO WROTE IN ABOUT “SEE YOUR DENTIST” AND TAKE GET AFFORABLE INSURANCE…HA! HA! HA! LET ME SEE YOU DO IT ON 7.21 AN HOUR AT 18 HRS. A WEEK!! OK …GOOD TRY. i DO TAKE CARE OF MY TEETH BUT AS ANYTHING THEY REQUIRE CARE AND IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO DO? 80% OF PEOPLE IN POLK COUNTY FLORIDA LOOK LIKE 3RD/ WORLD CAVEMEN AND ARE OUT SICK FROM WORK WITH ABCESSES AND SICK WITH COLDS AND FLUS BECAUSE THERE RESISTANCE IS DOWN DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT CAUSE THEIR TEEThareBAD! IT IS NOT FAIR! THE HOT SHOT DENTIST SAY P— ON YOU I’VE GOT MINE AND MY KIDS TEETH ARE GOOD…I DON’T NEED YOUR PISSY LITTLE 25.00 WEEK PAYMENTS. NO MEDICADE ADULT DENTISTRY EITHER. NOT FAIR! AND NOT ALL OF THE BAD TEETH ARE CAUSED FROM METH EITHER THANK YOU! TRY RUNNING YOUR CAR FOR 3OR 4 YEARS WITHOUT MAINTANANCE AND SEE HOW FAR YOU GET. MY HEART IS BROKEN FOR EACH ONE OF YOU ON THIS SITE AND ESP. IF YOUR FROM FLORIDA! THAT WHITE HOUSE GUY SHOULD DO SOMETHING….JOBS??? HA! GOT TO AN INTERVIEW WITH 3 TEETH AND SMILE AND SEE HOW FAR YOU GET!!! WE NEED HELP OR A FEW COMPASSIONATE DENTISTS. WONDER WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEIR KIDS WERE IN PAIN…SORRY FOLKS I HAD TO VENT! ONE MORE THING THE “FREE CLINIC” THAT CHARGES 15.00 A VISIT MAKING YOU LINE UP IN THE DARK AT 3 AM TO ASSURE YOU ARE SEEN BY SOME HEARTESS DENTIST IS WRONG!!! WHERE IS THE MEDICAL ETHICS OF OLD? CAREING AND KIND?? I HAVE BEEN AND AM GOING AGAIN MONDAY SO I KNOW. CATTLE COMING INTO THE BUTCHER PEN AT 7 AM. BUT WAITING IN LINE TO BE SEEN FROM 3 AM. GREAT FOR LOSING ANOTHER DAYS PAY RIGHT? GOOD LUCK AND GODS BLESSINGS ON ALL OF YOU. TAKE CARE!
My tooth has been sore for over 3-4 years now, Im probably the biggest wimp ever and completly dispise this dentist with a passion, Im going to try and force myself to go if this pain doesnt go away in a week, these are some things that have helped me
- Parcadeamol (Great for 1-2 hour pain relief)
- Ibuprofen (Helps lower the swelling and gives you 2-3 hours pain relief)
- Bonjela (This is a teething gel in the UK that cures mouth ulcers, it’ll help bring the swelling down)
- Warm Salt War (Swish for 30 minutes to 1 hour and you wont feel a thing, it’ll give you 1 hour pain relief and do this 3-4 times a day and the infection will slowly decrease)
- Teabag (Put a warm teabag on the tooth or area thats hurting, it’ll be hot for a bit, leave it on for 1-2 hours and the pain will go away for a while, leave it overnight and it’ll slowly drain the puss from the absess, spit it out in the morning)
- Baking Soda & Salt – Same method as above only with a cotton ball
- Massage the area gently with your hand, it’ll take some of the pain away
- Swish cold water around the area for pain relief
- Suck on an ice cube for pain relief
- Apply something cold to the area (Ice Pack, Frozen Foods etc)
- Clove Oil
- Tea Tree Oil
- Peppermint Extract
- Garlic
- Alcohol (Place on cotton ball and leave in absessed area overnight)
Thats all the tips I have, Im 16 years of age and all my dental work is free as I live in the UK. I hope to see the dentist soon even though Im shit scared of him.
Try http://www.earthclinic.com it’s a hollistic website that actually has remedies for almost every ailment. Using everyday ingredients from your kitchen or local store. Hope it helps for anyone who is looking for an alternative to harsh pills or antibiotics… There is a natural way to go about it all. Just check out the website. Who knows it just might help.
i must be missing something.Everyone keeps talking bout warm water helping OMG
Warm, hot, or cold water will all feel terrible if your tooth is abscessing! Trust me, I’ve been there and know your pain.
i must be missing something.Everyone keeps talking bout warm water helping OMG if i dont keep ice directly on the tooth the pain gets so bad i cant take it.I take good care of my teeth and have insurance .I went to my dentist today and he never even took a xray he just put me on antib and gave me pain pill witch i might add HAVE DONE NOT A THING .I have heard my dentist doesnt like my insurance so thats why he does a half ass job! why even accept my insurance if you dont like it i would rather pay cash for a good dentist
well, and i thought i was kinda alone on this one. sad to say, obviously i’m not. at the moment, i am trying the teabag method (for the first time ever, directly on the abscess, drooling a mix of spit and tea into a trashcan. ORAJEL SEVERE PAIN FORMULA can knock out the pain for a while, sometimes an hour or more, but can be kinda pricey. the hot saltwater method helps, but seemed to reduce my pain, not the swelling or the throbbing. fact of the mater is, the tooth has to come out, and that goes for us all. i had 10 teeth pulled from my left side (5 upper 5 lower) about 9 months ago. i can eat chips, cookies, chew steak, all that good stuff on that side of my mouth with JUST the gums, and the best part is, haven’t had an abscess on that side at all!. my advice, EVEN IF YOUR TEETH ARE PERFECT, YANK THEM PUPPIES OUT AND GET DENTURES! no rot, no decay, no drilling, no deep cleanings, normally no pain. . . sounds like no worries either. i gaurantee that everyone here knows someone with dentures, but doesn’t know that person has dentures. in conclusion, i can say that the teabag method does work, and quite quickly for me, minimal pain, no pressure, still have the bag on, so i dunno ’bout swelling, but i DO feel better. and also, cheers to “chrissy” for the promotion of marajuana for its medicinal purposes. i don’t car what ANYONE says, at the very least smoking a little pot while dealing with this painful problem can help to subside the pain (to a degree) and help you to fall asleep.
There is nothing quite as mind bending as the pain from abscesses. Even passing kidney stones and migraines don’t compare (childbirth probably does, but I’m a guy) – so I know how you all feel. I have two abscesses right now, both of which were moderate but accessible to pain meds until I had to fly cross country, now they are excruciating and beyond the reach of anything. 48 hours into antibiotics and I can at least type again (I was literally blind with pain for a couple of days – couldn’t drive, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat, couldn’t think)
To reiterate:
first off: Get antibiotics. Even if you have to go to an urgent care and pay $100 for the on-call dr to see you for 30 seconds. Nothing will make the pain go away like a few days of abx (a few days says you! I can’t last another minute…..hang in there). I never take abx for any infections, but still take them for abscesses.
secondly: don’t freak out. it’s not going to go up to your brain and kill you or destroy your jaw bone overnight. As long as you are not planning on living with the infection for decades you’ll be fine.
third: poster above is right about narcotics not working so well once you pass the point of no return. Go ahead and take em if you got em, but don’t expect magic opiate relief like you might get for a strained back or broken bone. Ibuprofin plus either benzos or benadryl to drop you into a couple hours of sleep honestly works better than even hard core percocets. marijuana may be nice for a variety of reasons, but it also isn’t going to touch hardcore toothache pain.
fourth: activated charcoal also works to draw some of the toxins out. make a paste with it and wrap it around your tooth and gums. works better than bread for sure/
fifth: clove oil works better than orajel, but both only work when your primary pain is the cavity/toothache, not when it is the abscess.
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mostly, you are fucked. There is little that can take the excruciating abscess pain away other than antibiotics and/or lancing it and draining it. Do your salt water and peroxide swishes, take whatever pain killers you can get your hands on (careful of your liver), use local numbing agents like clove oil or ambesol but mostly know that it’s gonna be a bit excruciating for a little while – but rest assured that weaker people than you (trust me, I’m a weenie) have made it through and survived.
And there’s nothing wrong with curling up into a ball and crying now and then.
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As to finances, I have a masters degree and have been unemployed for over 4 months. Dental work is expensive, but you only get one set of teeth so definitely get it checked. There are a couple of different companies (carecredit) is one, that offer no interest credit cards for 12-24 months for qualifying medical expenses. I got approved for $1000 even though my credit is shot and I am unemployed,so check them out.
One voice of reason
I have to respectfully disagree with the above article. Not all abscesses are caused by poor hygiene. Trauma as minor as a headbutt from a small child or biting hard on a hidden bone in food can cause injury and subsequently an abscess.
Sometimes draining of the abscess is necessary, but should never be done at home due to possibly causing more problems.
Most emergency rooms will treat regardless of a patients ability to pay. Hospitals also have financial plans available for low/no income patients significantly reducing the cost and sometimes even writing it off for the most hard up patients.
Antibiotics will temporarily “fix” the problem, but it will come back most of the time. Pulling the tooth is cheaper than a root canal, but unless the offending tooth is a rear molar, it is only cheaper for the short term. Bridges can become expensive in the long run.
My husband and I are in our 60s. The company he worked for went under. We had no income for 9 months and no insurance. He finally found a job making half as much as his old one. I have an abscess and no money. I’ve never had one before. Oragel and ibuprofen have relieved the pain. I put a small piece of cotton covered with oragel on the abscess for about 15 minutes, took two ibuprofen and am much better.
To the mean people who’ve posted crude comments. PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ALL THEIR LIVES ARE LOSING THERE JOBS! WE’RE IN A RECESSION!
GO TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY.
THROW ON YOUR CLOTHES AND WALK, OR CRAWL AND SIT THERE FOR TWELVE HOURS AND GET IT PULLED RIGHT OUT.
SOMETIMES YOU WILL BE GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS BEFORE THEY PULL IT OUT FOR A FEW DAYS BUT GO RIGHT BACK AND SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
IF you do not, you will be feverish, devilish, hate everyone in your path as the infection spreads to your brain, even in little doses, you will wake in the night feeling terrorized like an anxiety attack and not know shy (infection) you will feel sluggish, under the weather, look dragged out and drawn out and look old from managing the pain, the house will fall apart and you will be so pissed off at dentists who do not help because you did not listent o your grandmother and save money for a rainy day.
I WANT YOU TO WRITE ME BACK HERE WHEN YOU GET BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL.
No INSURANCE, then get billed and pay it with a koolaide stand if you fricken have to.
After you get home from the hospital, get comet and clean your entire bathroom, use hot water on all laundry for towels and sheets and pillow cases and throw out your toothbrush and pillow.
Then use lysol in the entire house to kill any germs.
DO NOT SHARE LIPSTICK,GLASSES, BOTTLES, OR TOOTHBRUSHES WITH ANYONE, including girlfriends or boyfriends.
Once a day use hydrogen peroxide for a short gargle and swish after you brush your teeth.
Floss at least three times a week.
Try to rinse your mouth after eating anything such as coffee and gum or treats.
Now take a good long look in the mirror and scream, DEVIL BE GONE!!!!!!!!
and one more thing, you deserve to be healthy and happy and “take good care of yourself you belong to me!”
you belong to yourself and love yourself enough to take care of yourself.
NOW GO RIGHT NOW!!!!
YAH YOU!!!!
GET UP AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
Here are just a few things i’ve heard. Hope they help you in any way. I’m currently trying them all! Damn my shitty teeth and no job to afford a dentist! Dry tea bags on the gums, swish with warm salt water. Drink LOTS of water! Take motrin or antibotics if you can, swish with salt and baking soda, swish with peroxide and water, use a peeled potato slice like the tea bag to help draw the posion out. I’m in so much pain! I hope they help me and you!
i am in so much pain,its throbbing like my mouth is gona explode!i have always looked after my teeth,brushed flossed,visit the dentist every 6mths for scale and clean.anyhow,i hav taken a course of antibiotics,which didnt help and now im another course.i dont know what to do,my tooth was extracted 3days ago because the root of the tooth was cracked and ive had this pain for over a week now,its stiil throbbing!
I do salt water rinses 4to5 times a day.please someone help me!i also hav a temperature,nausea and my cheek really hurts.ive been to the dentist 3times.the third visit,he irrigated the socket with antiseptic and placed antibacterial material in there.that hasnt helped.i dont hav a lump in my mouth,so i cant locate exactly where the abscess is!
Hey, I started getting the suspicious toothache last night whilst out with friends. I barely got any sleep last night from it as it was getting worse. I went straight to the emergency dental this am and got antibiotics.
I live in London, UK. I’m not sure how the U.S insurance system works. I paid £78 ($127) for exam, xray and antibiotics this was not an NHS dentist. Im just about to take my third antibiotic before bed. I’m taking Amoxycillin 500mg every 8 hours for 5 days. The pain is still there and I have taken my codeine quota for the day. Nightmare.
The dentist said the only sure way to clear the infection after antibiotics is root canal. The antibiotics can only treat the soft tissue and cannot penetrate the tooth pulp as there is no blood supply.
Seriously though an untreated abscess can lead to blood poisoning and can affect the heart. I think that its terrible that some of you cant get the medical help you need because of finances.
What would happen seriously if you got the treatment and then were unable to pay the bill? Could you pay back in installments? Is it an offence?
Hope you all feel better soon
I woke up with a huge abscess on my gum. In the next 24 hours it doubled in size with a lot of swelling and pain. I am lucky enuf to have insurance so went to the dentist today. They wouldnt do anything for me with the current infection except to give me a script for an antibiotic.
Heres what I wanted to tell everyone. Giant eagle ( a local grocery store chain) filled the aantibiotic script for FREE. If you dont have insurance go to your local ER. The doctor can write a prescription for the medicine and several big chain pharmacie will fill it for free. As for the pain, I wanted to pop the abscess but the dentist had told me NOT too. Well on my way home it broke open anyway. The pain was almost immediately relieved. I then cam home and swished with salt water and then applied a tea bag to help draw out the rest of the infection. It feels and looks a million times better. Good luck everyone!
4 days and 4 nights no sleep no food just the worst pain ever cant take it anymore mate comming over in a hour to take it out drinking loads of vodka so hopefully wont feel it wish me luck
I agree not all abscesses are “our fault” I had a dentist up here in Canada be a gold digger, instead of filling a cavity on my front tooth right he only drilled part of it out (which he and my OB/GYN said was caused by my severe all-day sickness while pregnant, the stomach acids ate the enamel and made the cavity very easy to get even with brushing/flossing properly). After a few weeks I went back and had another cavity, the tooth beside it, while he did the same thing, after the 4th cavity all adjoining teeth, my teeth started to fall apart. They were literally chipping apart, I went to the dentist (same and only one in our town) and he told me “Oh those aren’t anything to worry about, that is calcium deposits breaking off, that is you “real” healthy teeth underneath”. When they started to change color I decided to go to another dentist for a second opinion. Instead of helping he accused me of being bulimic, said it was the only was to get the erosion, told me that he didn’t buy it that my pregnancy caused me to vomit 15-20 times a day, that it was “unheard of” and said the only way he would fix my teeth is if I seeked “psychiatric help” for my eating disorder. Finally I found a third dentist (4hrs away) and after looking at the shooty job the other dentist did filling my teeth (he left “holes” in the filling in between the teeth) he took x-rays and showed me how the dentist drilled and “patched” over cavity. He patched them so well that two of them the cavities moved above the gum line and ate the teeth beside them downwards and kept moving over, from the outside the teeth looked prefect but on the x-ray it clearly showed the teeth under the gums were rotted (just from the bottom to midway to the gum line). The other two the cavity moved in between the teeth but stopped at the ones next to them because those other two he filled he didn’t leave “holes” in between them. (BTW he even left uneven patches on my teeth, they are rough not smooth, and got DIRT trapped in two of the fillings he did, told me it was normal discoloration and would “go away” in time on it’s own, took the other dentist to burst my bubble and tell me he trapped dirt on them and it wouldn’t go away.)
27yrs old and the dentist told me because of the “crap work” done in my mouth I had to lose 80% of my upper plate, he told me it was pointless to keep the other 20% and I should go for a full dental plate on top.
Here in Canada we don’t have dental covered under our universal health care, we were quoted $150 per tooth to pull and $500 for dentures. We have no dental coverage and even if we did we can’t afford the up front cost (Military accidentally remove myself and our kids off my husbands plan when he signed his new contract, been waiting 6months now and still aren’t back on. Even if we were where we are posted no dentists will do electronic billing so everything is up front). Sad part is with our income we SHOULD be able to afford it, but we have a severely disabled child, our above cost…over and above what our universal health care covers ran us $21K last year. Without medical coverage (for prescriptions) at the moment our out of pocket has ballooned this year, we’ve taken out a 20K line of credit just to cover his costs on top of our usual expenses. There is NO WAY even with our “wonderful coverage” that we can afford any of it. So now I sit and suffer, I have two abscesses currently and the dentist wants $350 up front just to do x-rays, do his appointment and book another one for removal. $350 that we do not have, and that doesn’t even cover removal! Even better, besides being able to report the dentist for his shooty work we were told we can not sue, why? because we can not prove that he intentionally screwed up the work on my teeth. WONDERFUL! You know what he got when we reported him? A $5000 fine, but doesn’t have to pay to fix the damage he did.
I am completely humiliated over my teeth, I use to smile with pride and was going in for a speech/lang pathologist until I got working with my son’s SLP…a lot of the exercises your teeth show, and I refuse to show mine, I’m embarrassed to go to yet another dentist because I don’t want to have to explain why it looks like I don’t take care of my teeth. I don’t go out with my husband to big events (Regimental Ball, Church Parade, etc which is HUGE in the military world), when I talk, laugh, or smile I cover my mouth and I hardly ever kiss my husband anymore because of the embarrassment.
I rather hide until we have the money to go else where for treatment, I am too embarrassed of the possibility of the dentist that works on my mouth seeing me in public. I am too embarrassed that I will be that “disgusting patient” some dentist will talk about, I am too embarrassed to have anyone find out how bad my teeth are. How horrible is it to lose your teeth at 27 because of someone trying to CAUSE cavities to gain more money? I know there are VERY VERY FEW dentist like the one I seen…just sad that I had to find him. =( Wasted all that money thinking he was helping me and look where I’m at now? SCREWED!
I do say the tea bags work, you can also go to the pharmacy and buy antibiotic liquid that you put directly on the gums. It works wonderfully at getting rid of the pain (almost instantly, it does “sting” for a minute or two but then there is no pain!) and does remove infection though if the abscess is severe you need to see your dentist as it can lead to jaw infections, Endocarditis (inflammation of heart muscle) and septicemia of the brain. It’s called Dequadin, you apply it to the infected area every 2-3hrs until the infection is gone. When I told my dentist about the abscesses he told me to go on it, as they weren’t severe at the time, and said it should take care of it but if there isn’t significant reduction in swelling, pain, and “pus pocket”, (or it gets worse) oral antibiotics need to be started ASAP. Though I’m “suffering” still within 2hrs of the first application the swelling was down 50%, after 6hrs 90% of the swelling was gone and the pus pocket has shrunk a lot! I was surprised by the size difference. This med is an antibiotic, antifungal, and oral pain reliever. He did tell me to continue on it for 7days AFTER the infection seems to be gone because even though it looks to be gone small amounts of infection can still be there which will cause it to flare back up later on. Just like any other med if you stop it before the infection is wiped out the next infection may not respond to it as well, or might not even touch it at all. Oh he also said it was ok to sleep through some treatments but to not go longer then 6hrs….so if you wake up to go pee during the night make sure you slap some on.
I hope this helps someone =) and I hope you all feel better fast!
I am appalled at this article, and surprised I read it and all the comments when there are tons of better advice out there. Stating an abcess is 100% preventable is just a huge crock of sh*t! Happens to good people who do take care of themselves.
As far as expensive – I so agree! Dentists seem to be one of the most expensive docs outh there (aside from plastic surgery or the like…) But dental issues are the rare exception that we pretty much let it go til it’s unbearable, and have no choices. And dentists 99% of the time do not allow payment plans! I was shocked to read that on some posts. At least none of the dentists in our area of the country (southwestern USA) or where I grew up (eastern USA). 100% up front or no treatment. Um, for somene who has no credit cards left and no money, it’s impossible to get care. Medicaid will only cover emergencies, but not the treatment. And to get on Medicaid takes months, by then you could be dead from the infection or pain.
Let me say 1st, I work in a doctor’s office, billing dept even. No, doctors do not get anywhere near what people think they get paid. Takes forever and a ton of work to get paid by most insurance companies. (but, hey, that’s why I have a job…) But even the specialists that I work for accept payment plans. So, why I can not find a dentist to do the same? And we do not kill and overcharge our selfpay patients to the extreme either! Dentists, I’d rather get pregnant and have a baby – it’s cheaper! LOL!
But as far as what I’ve read on here – I am so so alarmed! Please, do not intentionally “pop” any pus or swollen pockets of ous or abcess!!! My God, you have no idea how dangerous that is! Infections in the mouth can lead DIRECTLY to the heart! Not exaggerating here. Serious problem can arise from an abcessed tooth. And yes, even DEATH! I’m sure it would alleviate the pain by the pressure “popping” and all, but if done wrong or the infection spreads…. Make sure to take antibiotics if available. (A primary care doctor is usually cheaper than a dentist to get started). And if you don’t have any heart /high blood pressure issues, then salt and warm water rinse is so advised. Sea salt is better. But any salt in warm water and used as a rinse is good. Natural antiseptic. Mouthwash, like Lysterine is good too. Hurts like crazy tho. And saltwater used to make me sick to my stomach as a kid, but I swallowed too much. Not the best tasting stuff, but pain has a way of making you not care so much.
I had the 3 remaining Wisdom teeth pulled last Wed. Hurts like hell. Better than Wed night, but htis is Sat night and I still ache. I googled and found remedies for dry socket (which I don’t think is my issue, thank God) and will buy some oil of clove tomorrow. The stitches hurt the most for me. Luckily seems to be no infection. But was swollen til yesterday and hurts like crazy. Vicoden helps me not to care, but doesn’t really take it away and certainly isn’t going to work on Monday when I need to drive and function…
But I had to comment on the practice of popping and draining the abcess. Please, please be careful! Warm saltwater every 30 min if it does pop! And get yourself to a dentist ASAP! And for expense purposes, any good ER doc or Urgent care doc and or primary care doc should be able to help in the short term if abcessed! Infection can KILL – be careful!
ER is the only place I’ve found that HAS to take you, regardless if you have insurance or not!
I have a tooth abscess…but It is because I got my wisdom tooth removed a couple of months ago. The dentist didn’t tell me it broke when it came out. I now have a serious absess from one of the splinters they missed, and need to get oral surgery to get it removed. I brush twice a day, and floss just as much. I put a wet cotton ball in a mixture of 1/2 salt and 1/2 baking soda, and put it between my gum and the cheek. This pulled the infection out of my cheek for long enough for me to make it BACK into the dentist. The point is, getting an abscess doesnt’ always mean you are neglecting you hygien!!!
thank u guys for ur kind suggestions. the comments n suggestions r of more help than the article itself. thats why i love internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, while back in high school I had a root canal done on a tooth in my mouth. Since that time, the tooth have steadily decayed and broken. This morning I woke up to my face swollen and I’m in so much pain. I don’t know whether it is an absese but can someone please give me some advice on how to heal the pain. I swished warm salt water and that did not help it actually made it feel worse. I’ve taken pain relivers over and over and it helped the pain but the swelling and redness is still there please help
I’ve had a pounding headache off and on since yesterday and it stems from one of my lower left molars. It got so bad tonight (Sunday) I was ready to go to the ER to get any kind of relief. Before i left I wanted to try a home remedy as a last resort, so I found one that said to use one half teaspoon baking soda and one half teaspoon of salt in 8 oz. warm water. I rinsed for two to three minutes followed by another glass of plain water and amazingly the pain was gone within minutes and I’ve been pain free for about an hour as if nothing had happened. I plan on seeing my dentist as soon as possible, but am relieved that this method has bought me some time. Thank you for whoever posted it.
Your comment about avoidable with better oral care is offensive. There are many variables, you should not be so assanine. You have turned me off this website.
My own personal remedy for a tooth abscess:
After having read many blogs, I gave up. Swilling cool tap water, thus cooling your mouth temperature will work for a while. The cooling down of the tissue will make the capillaries (small veins) contract, thus causing the nerves that cause the pain to stop functioning properly. The water must not be extremely cold as this can cause pain to the teeth.
If the pain still persists, try my kiwifruit remedy.
Do as follows:
ONE teaspoon of kiwifruit lodged against the painful area will immediately cause the pain to disappear. Keep it there for at least a couple of minutes! Just remember that this fruit contains around 100mg of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and will eventually burn into the tissue! As soon as you feel it burning, swallow it! Over the last weekend I consumed more than 20 kiwifruit and without any diarrhea. This fruit can boost your immune system and give you extra natural energy. The basic idea is to periodically have a piece of kiwi against the painful area for a few minutes, swallow it, rinse with cool water, and then after a few minutes repeat the process.
I find that the gold kiwi is slightly better than the green one, not so sharp, but both will stop the pain.
Don’t wait too long before seeing a dentist with a tooth abscess as it can kill you! The bacteria is very nasty stuff! It will eventually, if not treated, eat it’s way through the soft bones in your face & spread to other parts of the body. Your brain and your heart are extremely vulnerable!
After trying ibuprofen, vinegar, paracetamol, codeine, marijuana and many other useless remedies, I finally found a very common fruit with pain relieving properties.
As far as I know, there is no mention on the WWW about kiwifruit helping relieve pain from a tooth abscess. Not all the properties of this fruit have been established (yet.)
I would be grateful to hear from anyone who tries this with some success, good luck to all of you!
After having read many blogs, I gave up. Swilling cool tap water, thus cooling your mouth temperature will work for a while. The cooling down of the tissue will make the capillaries (small veins) contract, thus causing the nerves that cause the pain to stop functioning properly. The water must not be extremely cold as this can cause pain to the teeth.
If the pain still persists, try my kiwifruit remedy.
Do as follows:
ONE teaspoon of kiwifruit lodged against the painful area will immediately cause the pain to disappear. Keep it there for at least a couple of minutes! Just remember that this fruit contains around 100mg of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and will eventually burn into the tissue! As soon as you feel it burning, swallow it! Over the last weekend I consumed more than 20 kiwifruit and without any diarrhea. This fruit can boost your immune system and give you extra natural energy. The basic idea is to periodically have a piece of kiwi against the painful area for a few minutes, swallow it, rinse with cool water, and then after a few minutes repeat the process.
I find that the gold kiwi is slightly better than the green one, not so sharp, but both will stop the pain.
Don’t wait too long before seeing a dentist with a tooth abscess as it can kill you! The bacteria is very nasty stuff! It will eventually, if not treated, eat it’s way through the soft bones in your face & spread to other parts of the body. Your brain and your heart are extremely vulnerable!
After trying ibuprofen, vinegar, paracetamol, codeine, marijuana and many other useless remedies, I finally found a very common fruit with pain relieving properties.
As far as I know, there is no mention on the WWW about kiwifruit helping relieve pain from a tooth abscess. Not all the properties of this fruit have been established (yet.)
I would be grateful to hear from anyone who tries this with some success, good luck to all of you!
If there is a hole keep it clean… Keep a toothpick handy and remove food after u eat…take4-6 motrin and stand under a hot shower til the pain subsides. Injectin liquid anbesol in it with a dropper helps too.
Agree, a toothpick or even those plastic ones that can be bought in the store’s dental isle are great to keep in your car or purse for 24/7 use. After a piece of tooth falls out you have about 2 years, before the root will start becoming infected and seriously hurting. This is how mine went anyway and by year 3 I was in agonizing pain, where I wanted to just die!
I had one accute abcess tooth. It was the worst pain of my entire life so far. Wors by far than the time I snapped my leg in two right above the ankle. My regards and condolences to ANYONE suffering pain like I did with my tooth being abcessed.
WOW! Someone is quite cocky. Thanks for the non-advice and yet the great “what you should have done” speech.
My husband (the one with the abscess) has a GREAT job, GREAT medical insurance, and mediocre dental insurance (because it is a rarity to find GREAT dental insurance since dental insurance is behind the times). He also takes care of his teeth; his whole family have sever dental issues. His mom and dad both were in dentures by a young age and he and his brother have terrible teeth issues. It doesn’t always have to do with whether you take care of them or not. Sometimes they are bad to begin with and you are fighting a battle you can’t win. The truth is, my husband will be in dentures at a young age as well.
Now, back to the insurance. My husband and I make great money, but with three children who have to go to the doctor, dentist, school tuition, and all the other things a child needs we, as parents, tend to be put on the back-burner. So, get off of your high horse. If you have something useful to say, say it. Otherwise…..
Never have been able to find anyplace with great dental insurance benefits. Maybe state workers are the only ones with it??
I saw quite a few good remedies here, and one ( -cough- ) biatch post, man… either someone had to have pissed in her cereal that day, or she was refused her mothers tit for food as an infant. Jeez I hope she’s not married, I’ll take the abcess over her.
Anyway thanks to all those who posted remedies ans such, im still waiting for a dental visit for antibiotics and hopefully and extraction. And yes it might not completly dulled the pain but at least its more managable per se…
I’m kind of in the same situation as many people here. Though I can honestly say that I am not looking for a home remedy to what has definitely become a more advanced medical problem. I understand that people have been using “home” remedies for ages, but for curing an infection, I still think that nothing beats a solid dose of antibiotics. Of course, most the advice given so far is merely to reduce pain and swelling UNTIL you can get the dental attention you require. I am currently dealing with a broken and infected tooth. Either the filling came out, or I cracked it chomping down on seeds accidentally. It’s been this way for a few months, but only recently started to hurt and weep. It took a pretty frantic search to find an office that will take someone who is uninsured. My initial visit is tomorrow. How have I handled the discomfort? Swishing with whiskey. Just a little bit at a time. It helps a little, but it is best done when you have nowhere you need to be. Swishing with a really strong mouthwash would do it too for a short while.
well here i am reading everyones post’s the good home remidies and the drama lol… I’ve had an abcess for about three days now and I have the clove oil, i do the salt water trick and normally just pop it and I’m fine, but this time my abcess seems to be in my jaw. It hurts alot I use a heating pad on my face and also a tylonal 3. I understand most of us have no dental and the thing that works best for me is popping it and the clove oil, the cloves work for any kind of tooth ache.
Anyways as for the people writing stupid rude comments this is a site to help people in pain not to bitch about others grow up!!!! I came on here because I am in pain and wanted help with my tooth ache not to get bitchier over your drama.Anyways thank you for the remidies and advice I wrote it all down and am going to try it all.
I have an abscess, the right side of my face, lower jaw has been swollen for 7 days now, ive been to the dentist twice this week, and the local E.R. once b4 my 2 dentist Appointments. i have another app. monday, i’ve been on Amoxicillin for 4 days now, but the swelling doesnt seem to be going away, and it is still hard as a rock… i dont know what to do.. the doc tells me to keep take’n the amoxicillin he gave me, that it will go away without needing to be drained, or he will drain it when it comes to a head. but neither seems to be happening.. im just wondering.. how long does it take to come to a head.. cause it started hurting last night, i havent had much pain really until yesterday, i cant sleep at night, and its really start’n to get to my head.. help please.. what should i do?!?!?
P.S. i dont have dental insurance…. i’m paying out of pocket.. im a broke musician and i cant afford the payments.. but as for an update my abscess got really soft over night, i think its coming to a head, and ready to be drained.. i go to the dentist tomorrow for that!, wish me luck, im pretty excited!!, but help, i cant sleep good, i toss and turn all night, anyone have any pointers on how to sleep when ur face is swollen?
wow i guess i am not the only one to have dental issues it wasnt really important to me to i realized that it is really bad to get an abcess and not get it treated .i didnt realize you can die from it .the got better after a few days of antibioctics so life went back to nornaL.now i have been in pain for a few days now and i am afraid of overdosing on tylenol or advil i need it every two hours and i am up most of the night .this time the abcess is so bad it is actually scaring me .i need to have all my teeth pulled out .when i was younger i was bulimic and that has rotted my teeth beyond repair or beyond what i can afford.it is much cheaper to pull out my teeth and get dentures .i was one of those people who use to judge people who were young and had false teeth.i use to call them scumbage now i am one of those scumbags .i would rather spend my money going on vacation and using it for things that i am going to have fun doing .the abgcess is so bad i dont know what to do .i would like to try the superglue thing but i am afraid i will do it wrong and glue my mouth shut .i am finally takinhg the antibioctics i was prescribed a while ago .so i still had them left over from last time .the dentist i am going to only wants to pullout one tooth at a time because my teeth arent that bad and he can justify the need to medicare .but i am not going to suffer like this anymore.i rince with salt water and perioxide .i wish everyone good luck taking care of theree teeth issues and dont liet it go it can kill you if the infection gets into your blood stream it can cause a stroke or heart attack or even death .so please listen to your body and seek whatever medical attention you can get .hopefully my will be done tommorrow .
I have an abcess in my left cheek, near a broken tooth and a wisdom tooth trying to come in. I have had nothing but painful problems, but this is the first abcess for me. I have tried popping it, but it only seems to get bigger. I rinse and brush three times a day, tried olive oil, cloves, and nothing seems to be working. I have not tried the tea bag, but will here in a bit. When I eat, it swells up as well. I am puzzled by this and like many, wish it would just go away.
For those rinsing with hydro for severe tooth pain, I used it like it was going out of style and it does work. Try and avoid eating cold food and risning with cold water. Salt water helps as well. I wish there was the perfect needle to pop and abcess. I will post again about the tea bag and hopes it helps.
PS, my abcess is hard as a rock and white and red in color? I have popped it and blood drains out, but then swells right back up? I cannot open my mouth normal, more like less then halfway, chew hard foods or chips and my jaw hurts?
To all those posting here complaing about not having money to pay a dentist every 6 months…
First, it is NOT “hundreds” for a basic dentist visit. If so, find another dentist.
Next, have you considered canceling your internet and cable/satellite TV, and cell phone for 6 months (or other optional items such as iPods, Movie Tickets, tobacco, alcohold). That should give you hundreds of dollars. That is more than enough money for several dentist visits..for an entire family. Oh, you don’t like that option. Well, you do have the choice….and you get to live with the consequences. You can choose luxuries over health care….but you can’t whine about wanting someone else to foot your health care when you do.
Anyone that is spending their money on anything other than basic shelter, food, and clothing has no grounds to complain not having money for healthcare. They only need to look in the mirror to find the reason they don’t have the money to take care of themselves.
ur so full of shitake mushrooms bud, dentist minimal cost 500 for xray and surgical extraction moron, wow did you even grad high school or jr. high, im thinking jr high you cut out cuause you go someone preggy bummer, trailer trash life sucks don’t it ?
So i came on here looking for temporary relief for a friend who is in painand looking for temporaryreleif from the abscess in her mouth untl her dentist appointment next week. A few different things caught my attention as well that i would like to comment on:
firstly to the orignall poster who stated that abscess’s are a result of poor oral hygiene ONLY…what a bunch of shit! My husband hasnt been to the dentist in 7 years..not sure why although he doesnt go but thats his decision..he hasnt had a single problem with his teeth his entire life. No cavities, root canals and no abscess’s. I on the other hand visit my dentist every 8-12 months, brush my teeth 2x a day, floss once a day and have had 7 cavities..but still not a single abscess. My friend who currently has the abscess has had a prefect track record all her life when it comes to her teeth…no cavities, fillings, root canals etc until 7 months ago were she passed out, smacked her face on the tile floor and chipped her 4 front teeth..for this she needed root canals and a crown put in to fix…no she has an abscess..huh wondered how that happened considering its only cause by bad oral hygiene.
To the commenter above me (Tired of)..thank you..finally someone said EXACTLY what i was thinking..all you bitch about not being able to afford health insurance and what not..that would be fine and my heart would go out to you if you wearnt sitting on a computer or iphone(which last time i checked didnt come cheap), on the internet (which again…is a luxury) complaining about being broke…jeez i wonder why you have no money.
I can honestly say that after reading all the insults being slung back and forth especially to those just looking for help or providing information, It makes me very proud to NOT be American!!
lol you wish you could be an american lol it’s ok my government will brain wash you with our sorry ass mind controlling drugs too, good luck with that osama bin bomb head
there is NO relief you’re all gonna die, it’s inevitable, one day somehow.
now, as for the pain, i have been awake over a week, 2 hospital visits, dentists won’t touch it.
im in so much pain i could die, i want to die, slitting my wrists would be less painfull then this fu… sh….
i hvae thrown up every hour on the hour because of the pain, im in tears all ***ing day, *** this Sh**8
i hope a truck hits me, there is NO cure foR THE PAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!
I had an abscess and this worked for me. 1. find a teeth whitening tray (clean all the gel out first) 2. fill it with salt in position where your abscess is located 3. pop the pus 4. place the tray over the popped pus (it will be painfull for 10 seconds) 5. leave it for at least 30 minutes — you will feel better. then rinse with warm water –
repeat process every 4 hours.
I had this pain come on 2 days ago, i woke up the day prior with a cold then hit the right side of my face on some material at work, wasnt a big deal lil sore, then i woke up in bad pain and my lower jaw was swollen not much thought though as i had hit it. THat night i had alot of issues sleeping between the sinus wreaking havoc in my head and the jaw i was in bad shape. When i finally did doze off i woke up to pretty nasty breath and lots of pain, was hitting the aleve hard and found out tonight my symptoms are just this….I’ve had the tea bag in my mouth for around an hour or so now, pain is there but not as severe and now the bag is starting to get a nasty taste to it so i’m thinking maybe itsdraining, not as swollen up anymore…
First time i went to the dentist was when i was 17, didnt have a single issue not a cavity or nothing, went again last year on a dare from my fiance(i hate doctors and dentists) and again checked out great. I brush before bed, rinse in the morning and have chewed tobacco since i was 13….And yet no problems till i walk into a steel plate
8 year old son with abscess. He has a cavity near the gum. We went to family dentist, but he would not cooperate, so referral to pediatric dentist. Not one dentist on our insurance would schedule an appointment knowing he is not cooperative. Switched insurances and now on a waiting list for a doctor who will sedate if needed.
Called ped yesterday morning who gave him Amoxicillin, but 3am this morn he was fevered and his face was twice the size it was the day before. She sent him to the ER. Doc said he was borderline admission. Gave him IM antibiotic shot (screamed for 30 mins) and added Cleocin to the Amox. His face is still swollen really bad and now red and he is running low grade fevers. How long before we see a change with antibiotics?
He also had his tonsils out about 1 month ago. Any one know of a relation with tonsilectomy? All I could think is that before tonsils, he was on antibiotics pretty consistently and the two weeks after his tonsilectomy it was very difficult to get him to brush good.
ER doc commented he commonly sees this with adults, but children typically have mom’s who make them brush, so not so much with children. I was livid! Informed him that Mom and Dad at home who MAKE him brush morning and night. We even buy our boys power toothbrushes that seems to work better. There are issues with the formation of all my boys teeth, one who has cleft palate. Docs should watch what they say, especially not knowing the situation.
Very concerned…
I am reading through this to find relief for my wife. She has an abcess.. or at least its a swolen sack of pus on her gum. She is in a lo of pain and her face is starting to swell. She is going to the dentist tomorrow.. but would like more help for now. We go to the LSU School of Dentistry in New Orleans and they are TONS cheaper than a regular dentist.
The oral hygiene bit is a bold face lie btw.. there are documented cases throughout history of cultures who never brushed their teeth once in their lives and have perfectly healthy teeth and gums.
This is due to proper nutrition and avoiding all the chemicals and sugars that are in our American overproduced foods.
Like doctors, dentist equipment in dentistry school are paid for by pharmaceutical companies and people who make oral hygiene products. The oral hygiene thing is mostly made up to sell products.. the only reason why it seems to work is because we do not eat properly in this country.
If we could eat properly with perfect nutritional needs our bodies would heal all tooth problems and prevent them.. as a healthy body is designed to do. There would never be a need for any oral hygieny..
These sound far fetched, but they are facts.. study proper nutrition and you will see.
I forgot to say.. I had a pus sac like hers that appeared after a tooth removal.. it was the worst pain I had ever had. When I could not stand it any longer, I got a needle cleaned with fire and alcohol and popped it.
It was instant relief. It healed up nicely and did not return.. all that pus just needed to be let out.
When I told my dentist, he seemed surprised that I would do this myself, but did not say anything about this being bad or wrong to do.
It’s your body. Do what you feel is right for you. Weigh the pros and cons carefully, and if you pop a pus sack, be very careful and try not to swallow anything nasty. Follow this up with a good cleaning to the area and some gauze until it stops draining/bleeding.
Sometimes you know best, better than the doctor.
For those of you still unsure if you can pop that abscess or not:
In a post above a person who worked in a doctors office (not herself a doctor) said never to pop one. She was wrong.
Well if you are in tons of pain and you cannot get to the dentist and you must have relief you can go ahead and pop that sucker.
THIS Dentist tells you it’s o.k. to do so and even shows you how! – So, Dr. Approved.. Go ahead and Pop it!
Go to You Tube and search and find a video called: ” Dental Health : Can You Pop an Abscessed Tooth? ”
( I can’t seem to get this to post if I type the URL, so please search for the video manually.)
Watch the video first, get some strong antibacterial mouthwash to clean the area with before and after and Pop Away!
I have tried all the different remedies and nothing seems to work… the best option I had was rinsing my mouth with a bit of whiskey and spitting it out. Of course my mouth went numb but after 20 minutes the pain came back stronger than ever.
I can honestly say this is the worst pain I’ve felt in my life 2 days of this crap… I passed out on purpose last night to try get some relief and woke up an hour later wishing I was dead….
my dad wont let me go to a dentist and all he says is its my fault… what a bunch of bullshit
“If you are here because you or someone you know is suffering from mouth abscess then let me tell you that this was a perfectly avoidable situation had you taken better oral care. We actually put ourselves into this situation (including myself!) and then regret and repair.”
Um, let me correct you on this. I’m currently in a situation of having a severe abscess tooth. I take good care of my teeth and there are NO cavities in this tooth. Let me repeat that…The tooth that is infected has NO sign of cavities or decay, and TWO different dentists confirmed that. There has also been any known trauma to the tooth. I know this is a rare situation but apparently it does happen! You CAN get an abscess tooth even if you take care of your teeth…it is not “entirely avoidable.” Do your damn research before popping off and acting like people who suffer from this created the problem themselves and it’s their own damn fault!
U people are mostly insane! I just wanted a remedy for my mouth
Hi everyone. I love this site, I am going to try some of the tips – especially the teabag overnight thing. I will call the dentist tomorrow (monday) to get some antibiotics – they usually work for me. I am using a gel called Anbesol at the moment which really helps. I’m overdosing on iburoprofen too as it takes a LOT to ease (not kill just ease) the pain.
I am awaiting a root canal on a “hot” tooth – the pain is too severe they can’t even drill anywehre near the nerve before I am squirming in agony, so its a waiting game until the root dies. Whilst waiting the abscess formed… I just want the tooth out! The money I save on treatments can go towards a food processor to mash up all my meals so I can gum them down!!!
I hope everyone gets sorted out – insurance or not, NHS or private – no one should have to suffer this kind of pain without an end in sight. It makes you wonder how many abscess related suicides are going on out there every day!!!
Good luck everyone, my thoughts are with you… x
I Had My Tooth Fracture A Few Years Ago And They Filled It With A Fake Tooth
Now My Tooth Really Hurts I Can’t Eat Or Chew On It, My Face Is A Bit Swollen
It’s Saturday And There Are No Dentists Open
What Could Be The Problem?
I Can’t Even Sleep Properly, It Just Keeps On Throbbing, And It’s My Top Left Back Tooth
I Have Tried Salt Water And Tea Bag
I Can’t Even Get To Sleep
Hurts So Much Its Saturday And Can’t Go To The Dentist
Help
ASAP
My illiterate parents made my perfectly aligned and healty teeth/jaws through a cheap intern orthodontic treatment without my consent. After that along 10 years I am suffering from absolute temperomandibular joint disorder and bruxism symptoms let resulting detoriative abscess alone which are ruining my previously robust life and career. I am a victim of illiteracy. I am afraid of that agony will hold the eternity doomed forever let alone my nullified fate.