Tooth/gum abscess home remedy?

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I'm a dental hygienist. First off, before anyone else starts answering this, I'm gonna tell you right now..DO NOT USE ASPIRIN. I don't know if you can anyhow since you're pregnant (I doubt it, unless things have changed since I had my babies) but folks are still trying to endorse that old wives tale of putting an aspirin on your tooth or gums. DON'T DO IT!! It causes an acid burn on the tissue and you'll be in alot worse pain later on!

You need to call your OB/GYN and have them give you an antibiotic. An abcess is an infection and you have to get rid of it. It sounds like you've done all the other things to treat the symptoms but you need to get rid of the source. An antibiotic will get rid of the infection FOR AWHLE but until you can get find what's causing the abcess and fix it you will be at risk for the abcess to continue. An abcess can "tunnel" a way through the tissue and drain itself, looks kinda like a little pimple on the gum tissue that will leak a little bit of pus if you push on it (sorry to be gross!) If it's draining, there usually isn't any pain. The problem is when the abcess isn't draining, it's basically a ball of pus inside the bone under the tooth that is trying to expand and swell but it can't because it's surrounded by hard bone, so it's the pressure of this swelling that causes such horrible pain.

The first thing any dentist would do for you, after an xray and exam, is prescribe antibiotics, so you can can skip right to that part via your OB/GYN. Then, you need to find dental treatment that you can afford. Check with your local health dept. to see if they can recommend anyone. Also, if you live anywhere near a dental school, please check them out. The students do excellent work and it's usually free or very low cost. Good luck to you!

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There is a chance this is not a gum abscess it may be an abscess at the root of a nearby tooth. If its a true gum abscess then you may have food lodged between gum and tooth that may have to be removed. It is very important ( more so when pregnant) to get this taken care of. The infection can effect the health of your child. You may be able to get an extraction of the tooth covered under medical insurance. In many areas there are free or low cost dental clinics you may go to as well. I wish you luck and these do not clear up on their own. The pain may go away if the abscess is able to drain but the infection and health risk is still there.

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Here's my answer. I've been dealing with chronic abscessed teeth for a few years. Its on and off. Each episode was a painful ordeal. I tried many different remedies and it seemed like time was the only solution for me. Until one day I was in a lot of pain. I didn't have any antibiotics or medicine only ibuprofen. Then out of curiosity I took a cap full of water and a few drops of clear ammonia and put it in my mouth and gargled it where the abscess was. I believe that it instantly got rid of the infection and the pain was out of there. I recently felt another infection coming on an I felt the usual symptoms. Another cap full of water and ammonia mix and wallah, gone. The curiosity came from me knowing that they use ammonia to treat meat in restaurants to kill of ecoli and bacteria. Go Figure!!!

Dear dentist. Before you do a root canal or extract you simply must try my antibiotic and phenol on a q tip. Trick protect the mouth from the phenol you know its poison take the antibiotics and drain and clean the tooth well. When you apply 1 drop of phenol to the bad filling or cavity. With the q tip for 30 seconds over 4 days repeated.the phenol will penetrate the bad filling and kill the infection in the upper pulp it will also desensitize the nerve. You will find that this treatment can save an abcessed tooth if the tooth has not gone to the point were the pulp is roting. Of course the old filling needs to be replaced. But this treatment is worth a try before you root it or extract it. Just be carefully with that phenol. I have killed several cavities and abscess in my own mouth. And they never came back.

Hi mum 2 b

I'm sorry that you have this awful problem. I'm a labour & delivery nurse so here is some advice. I know you said you don't have dental insurance but you will HAVE to take antibiotics. If you suffer from a prolonged infection, it may put you at risk for preterm labour. There are antibiotics that are safe to take in pregnancy. We are not 100% sure what causes all preterm labours, but infection is something that does for sure. The obstetricians are beginning to notice a correlation between chronic infections (ie gum disease) and preterm labour. I'm sure a dentist would work out a payment plan for you. I know this is an unwelcome expense but it is less expensive than having a preterm baby spending weeks/months in a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) and having to care for a special needs child.

Please don't take any aspirin, advil, or oil of cloves. Anbesol (teething gel for infants) may be a short term option for you.

I hope everything works out for you and baby.