Comments on: Tooth Abscess: Effective Home Remedies

By: Annoyed

Annoyed — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:25:07 +0000

Well, people don’t necessarily want the procedure to be for free, but good God, $1600?? What kind of person has that kind of money on hand to just spend on their self.

Oh yeah, in the article it said that you wouldn’t be in this situation if you took better care of your mouth…..wrong! Some people are just prone to these types of things. And, with me, I had an abscess a while back because my dentist didn’t take out all of my cavity from the prior visit. So, sometimes you just can’t help it.

By: natalya

natalya — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:22:42 +0000

well its just insane im siting here and reading all this and my thing is that UNITED STATES NEEDS TO PUT ALL THE LAZY BASTARDS WHO SITS ON THE WALFARE TO FUCKING WORK SO HARD WORKING PEOPLE LIKE SOME OF US WOULDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR THEY ASSES AND ACTUALLY GIVE MEDICAL TO THOSE WHO REALLY DESERVE IT AND FOR PEOPLE WHO CANT AFFORD DENTAL LIKE MANY OF US IM SORRY I GOT THE SAME PROBLEM ONLY MY HUSBAND IS IN THE SERVICE AND FUCKING GOVERMENT ONLY GIVES U 1200 A YEAR COVEREDGE AND WE BOUTH WORK HARD AND STILL CANT AFORD DAMN DENTIST,THEY OVER PAID GREEDY BASTARDS ,AND WHOEVER GIVES A SHITY COMMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO IS SERIOUS PAIN HERE SHOULD BE ASHEMED OF URSELFS .
AND HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KEEPS THE USA STANDING WITHOUT THEM U ALL RICH BASTARDS WOULDNT BE REACH

By: frankie

frankie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:53:33 +0000

ok i just saw this post about super glue and must comment – TERRIBLE IDEA
although you are fixing the cavity yes you are trapping the infection so if you have an absess your face will blow up like a balloon!!!!!!!!!! if you leave it open it can drain and heal.

By: frankie

frankie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:48:10 +0000

i’m a dental assistant, i have 5 yrs experience. I have seen and delt with MANY abscess. they can be caused by many things; but basically bacteria has entered the tooth wether it is through a cavity,fracture or from the gums due to periodontal dissease. I agree cloves are a good way to sooth they have many benefits and alot of dental products contain cloves to soothe the nerve. This however will NOT CURE the absess it is a temp relief. Anti-biotics should be prescribed even if just by a doctor.
just remember even if you feel better there still might be an infection eating away at the bone around your tooth/teeth. The only way to tell if it has completely healed is an xray. Serious infections sometimes require a second round of anti biotics

also i’m from canada – if you contact your public works/ regional health dept, they have services via a health bus for the needy also sometimes they will give vouchers for the ammount of an extraction.
Another idea is going to a dental school where they teach dentists, there fee guide is ALOT lower than at regular practices .
alot of dentists will work with you if you can not afford tx. (there is a fee guide that they must follow though, so don;t just think that they get to choose the prices, also if you guys knew how much the dental products cost the dentist then you might understand why the fee guide is set like this)
also every area is different but i can tell you where i am some dds only make 70,-100,000.oo per yr, which is nothing to complain about but they arn’t making as much as some of you think

also please you don’t need to insult people if they have said something you don’t like just ignore it!

good day

By: jonah Kikrland

jonah Kikrland — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:02:54 +0000

You are so right! I had insurance, and paid my dentist 1500.00, I refered a friend to him, and he made 1600.00, on my friend!

I went in for my crown impression, and the assistant had to re-take the impression twice. The force she put on my molar was tremendrous, and as soon as I went home, the tooth strated to abcess. I went back to my dentist two days later and it had formed an abscess. He would not even lance it! The SOB! I was in dentistry 11 years, and when I got home, I had to lance it myself! Hurt like hell, but boy did I get some relief! After I lanced it, I washed out with peroxide.

The thing is, I was laid off from my job, and my crown is paid for $700.00!, and the office keeps calling for me to have my crown put on. Hell no, I said. I need a root canal. and it is your fault. They will not even discuss the situation with me. So until I get a root canal, my $700.00 crown is sitting at my dentist office! I am broke, and do not have 800.00 for a root canal! Don’t know what to do…sad, and angry at the same time…

By: James

James — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:36:33 +0000

Denise, you are the one who should be ashamed. Id like to see what you would do with no insurance, and in excruciating pain. Some people, like me, have actually been through college and work 40 hour weeks and still have crap insurance that does not afford for a sudden dental emergency… some of us are paying 40k in school loans on top of everything else… some of us arent privileged, silver spoon fed conservatives who come from money or who ‘made their own keep’… this world isnt an ALL FOR HIM/HERSELF world… go to europe and ask ANYONE working there in ANY kind of job if they walk into a dentist and get turned away for any reason… it simply doesnt happen… they are taken care of and WELL…. its people like you in this nation who should be shamed… people like you who should have their insurance taken away and should be forced to scrounge for money to relieve excruciating pain… they say the only way people like you learn from anything is to experience it… I bet you also bitch about servers who handle your food? Perhaps you should try serving while you are at it… and if not… while I’m on my well-educated yet poverty line funded rant…you should at least read the fine print… these people HANDLE YOUR FOOD… remember that next time you bitch…karma… all karma… maybe one day it will be someone like you whose life is turned upside down, and you will have to finally fork over the dough to get fixed… but until then, enjoy your premium insurance and that new mercades you have in your mouth… everything in life decays eventually… even 10,000 dollar veneers.
Cheers.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:51:47 +0000

So incredibly tragic that children die in this country from a lack of funds to fix abcessed teeth while dentists and politicians sail around the world in their oceanliners.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:52:37 +0000

I do not think there is anything wrong with a person making money no matter what the amount however I also undderstand that in this economy jobs are hard to come by and a-lot of jobs do not pay much. I think it was very wrong of some of you to down the people who cannot afford dental care. There are some things in life; that are just beyond people’s control. I am going to use myself as an example. One person said: “Work harder”. Well in response to that… I am on disability. Not by choice but because I was working and then health problems I had, got so bad that I could no longer work. My Doctors are the ones that kept telling me that I could not work anymore. I fought it non stop until I had to face the fact that they were right. So I cannot “Work Harder”. Now someone mentioned getting state healthcare or whatever it is called. Well being on disability I have medicare and medicaid however… they do not cover dental. I did not ask to be on disability, I had no choice but to be put on it With that in mind… it is not my fault that the medicare and medicaid they gave me do not cover medical or that disability pays me so little. I will not go into details about what health problem has me on disability or how much money disability gives me to live on each month but I will say that it is less than 800 dollars a month. Sometimes circumstances arise for people that are not within their control. It does not mean that those people are bad people, or that they are less than a person, or that they are users or anything else negative like that. With that in mind.. where does it give the rest of you the right to look down on us or to talk to us or about us in a negative manner? Most people I know do not expect anything for free, but what is wrong with people helping other people no matter how much money they make? If someone makes enough money to own multiple houses, buy new things such as a boat just because their old one is not the latest model or is not in style anymore… what would it hurt them to help someone less fortunate? That is the problem these days. Too many people do not care about others anymore and too many people are selfish and self centered. If you want judge us for being less fortunate than you, then why don’t you keep your mouth shut while we judge you for being so uncaring and so self centered. I would much rather be judged for things that I cannot control such as my health keeping me from working, then to be judged for things I can control such as being uncaring and self centered; but hey, that’s just me. High five to those of you who are doing all you can to survive in this world, but even more power to those who are doing all they can to survive in this world while still caring about other people other than theirselves.

By: purplejj78

purplejj78 — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:55:54 +0000

i have just used an old remedy, and it has worked for me, for an abcess on my tooth and the roof ( inside ) of my mouth, take 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil ( i used sesame as i didnt have any olive ) 3 or 4 drops of clove oil, put on a cotton ball, and put in your mouth over the abcess, keep there as long as possible – DO NOT GO TO SLEEP!!!!!!!!!, i did this and had the ball in place for 4 hours and the swelling has gone down to 1/4 the size it was – i hope it works for you too.

i am going to do the same again tonight and see if it goes completly :O)

By: Leon 85

Leon 85 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:37:46 +0000

First of all what I find is that most dentists are a money grabbing shower of inconsiderate loafers.

Augementim Duo Anti-biotic tablets and wash with salty water is the only cure that i find works in the short term but it is only putting off the inevitable trip to the dentist for the dreaded root canal or extraction.
I know your pain people and its worse than most people think.