Gum infection pocket
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Hi,
Sounds as though there might be a dental pocket there. Plaque gets down between the tooth and the gum and causes inflammation. The plaque needs to be removed daily.
Do you floss correctly? If not, that is probably the single most important thing you can do to help get that plaque out from the pocket area.
Try flossing at least once a day. I think it will help. Everything you mention sounds like plaque getting down into a pocket.
She has x-rayed the tooth (it had a root canal years ago) and says that the root canal is intact, and that the infection is in a pocket between the tooth and the gum. She advised increased dental hygiene in order to shift the infection, and said that there was nothing else she could do beyond extracting the tooth. Since then I have been beyond meticulous in trying to keep my teeth clean.
My hygienist told me today that I have a 5mm pocket on my lower right molar. It did hurt a bit when she was probing. The rest of my teeth were in the acceptable range. Being that I haven't had my teeth cleaned in over a year and due to my age (25) they recommended home care. They gave me a gum stimulator and told me to make sure I am brushing my gums well on that side, flossing, and using my waterpick.
Usually the swelling should slow down on the third day, if its increasing on the third day, it may indicate an infection is occurring. As for the loose tooth, generally after flap surgery, the teeth may feel looser than normal but it should tighten up some. Its hard to say how much though.
Has anyone had luck with laser dentistry in solving the problem in having an offensive odor around a crown? I had a crown on one of my back teeth several months ago and after placing the dental floss deeper than usual I noticed a very bad odor!! I went to my dentist and the X-ray showed a dip at the corner in the gum line between the teeth, the "pocket" was about 5 mm while the gum line in in front of that area was about 3mm.
The abscess was caused by food that got into a pocket between his erupting wisdom tooth and gum (the gum got cleaned out). He was never unable to open his mouth or talk, so far no swollen lymph nodes or anything like that. His dentist originally said the infection was "minor" but I can't help but feel that it's a LOT more than minor if his cheek got irritated.
I was put on Amoxicillin and a root canal was performed on June 23, two days later an incision was made in the gum to clean out some of the infection, the next day a small hole was made in the upper gum to try and drain some of the infection. On July 1st I was sent to an oral surgeon who did a panoramic of my face and there was infection the size of a walnut up into my sinus. He put me on Augmentin and on July 8th he pulled the tooth.
The tooth had apparently died long ago and caused an infection. It developed a sinus channel through the gum and finally drained on its own. Had I not had a crown on the tooth, I would have known something was badly wrong almost immediately. All I needed was a root canal and to have the crown reglued and that was the end of that little episode. No anesthesia needed for the root canal either since the nerve was long gone.
For the last year a horrible smell has been coming from it. If I squeeze the gum above it it is really bad. If there was any part of a tooth underneath I would say it had rotten but there is nothing left under there! What is creating this smell? I brush 3 times a day, floss and use mouthwash. Can someone help?
I had a tooth that a rootcanal was done on & it just never took well (thought it was ok for about a year. Well I couldn't floss btw where the tooth was bc it hurt so bad, I went to the dentist & had tons of xrays done over a 4 yr time period. Then at a reg. cleaning app. the woman checked my gum line & the tool she used I guess poked at some infection that was unseen, had no ideal til about 3 days later my jaw swelled & finally stuff came out of my gum.
They said I have Periodontal Disease, I am wondering if this tooth can be saved by the gum specialist. Is sugical gum treatment can save my tooth? Can I save my tooth for serveral more years? If I have to extract my tooth, since is the lower back tooth (last one) will it effect my facial structure? any side effect?
Thanks.
is worse than when I started (the off and on soreness in the gum pocket is constant and the tired feeling is worse and the tenderness near the top of the gum lin eis unchanged) .
My dentist recommended surgical extraction of the tooth and getting a new partial with an extra tooth to replace the extracted molar. A tooth implant is a second option.
At this stage I need to do something as the physical tiredness and constant irritation need to go.
When i talk the pain radiates out to the surrounding teeth and gum areas. There is no oral swelling or pus pocket and i think it has started again. No insurance and i might have to go to the ER again for a RX since i only have 3 amoxicillin 500mg that i was taking three times a day for the last time. What do i do here? I'm scared that itll affect other areas and the pain is affecting my job as receptionist. HELP!
I have porcelain crowns on all of my top teeth & have had trouble with my upper right canine tooth since they were first put on approx. 3 yrs ago. It has loosened & needed to be glued many times. There's a deep pocket between that tooth & the next one toward the back & I've had a hard, very painful bump above these teeth on the gum for almost 8 months. The canine tooth is very sensitive to any pressure also.
I had a gum infection about a month ago and the dentist put me on antibiotics and i took the full course. I thought that had got rid of the infection because i didn't have the vile taste in my mouth that i had.
I worrying today because i can taste the taste i had when i had the infection. The other day i kissed and was intimate with a man and i thought it had cleared so i didn't worry about the infection that day.
I'll try to make a long story short. Went to an expensive dentist and she said not much trouble. A little cavity by the root but can fill with out root canal. I could not afford her prices so I went to a cheap dentist, the guy is about 80 years old, and he was just going to do a couple of fillings at the gum line due to grinding but said he didn't even see the cavity the other one was talking about. He claimed she was just trying to rip me off.
Hi, I have several dental spacers that are lodged in my gum from a previous dental procedure. They are lodged pretty deep but not at the apex of my gums. I believe there are about 2 but possibly there could be as many as 3 in there. I am planning on getting them removed soon due to recurrent infections and I was wondering if it is more cost effective to get a dental insurance plan or pay out of pocket. What are the typical cost to remove something like this? Will there be surgery required?
THE ORAL SURGEON REFERRED ME TO A GUM SPECIALIST WHO SAID MY GUM LOOKED OK, BUT I MIGHT NEED AN INPLANT. THE EAR PAIN CONTINUED, SO I WAS SENT TO AN ENT DOCTOR WHO SAID MY EAR LOOKED FINE. MY ORAL SURGEON SENT ME BACK TO THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR WHO DID BLOOD WORK TO MAKE SURE THE BONE INFECTION HAD NOT RETURNED (IT HAD NOT). BY THIS TIME, IT WAS AUGUST 2008 AND I HAD BEEN IN PAIN FOR OVER A YEAR. IN OCTOBER 2008, I WENT TO AN ENT DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZED IN FACIAL PAIN.
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