For a few years I've had a problem with a molar. It was very sensitive. Suddenly, I got terrible pain along my lower jaw, to my ear. The dentist said I had two abscesses on it, so he removed it. The dentist thought I might have dry socket, so he prescribed an antibiotic. A month later, the gums are still quite sore. I regret not trying the root canal treatment first.

When it began to hurt, I thought it was caused by something I ate, because I had a root canal on that same tooth. I experienced very bad pain and every tooth in my mouth felt as if they were aching. I had emergency treatment with antibiotics and pain pills.

I have an abscessed molar. I'm experiencing severe pain that spreads to my jaw, throat-- even my eyes. amoxicillin did not work. My doctor switched me to clindamycin, which worked but gave me diarrhea, cramps, etc. But the drug cleared up my infection in two days. This pain was so bad I had to double my normal morphine use (chronic pain) and may run short this month, but I had no choice.

My 5 year old has an abscessed tooth. His tummy is constantly upset. I keep being told it's not because of his tooth, but the puss is seeping out. This has been going on since the beginning of December. We went to a dentist only to find out it can not be pulled. Now we are waiting until the end of January to get it pulled with an oral surgeon. Unless you have a fever or swelling, no one seems to care, it's very frustrating. I have no idea what I should do for him in the meantime.

I went to the emergency room with uncontrollable tremors and a feeling of vertigo. They said I had an abscessed tooth. Five hours and 2 vicodins later I woke up to go to work. I experienced severe nausea and dizziness. I felt like I was on fire. I went to go lay back down and fainted, and hit my head from the pain. I went back to the emergency room and they gave me an amoxocillin shot and a shot for pain. My tooth is still hurting. I am taking Ibuprofin for pain management and hoping the antibiotic will kill the pain in time for work tomorrow since I can not have the tooth extracted until the infection is gone. I do not care to go through the extraction without the benefit of novacain.

I had a broken tooth that I had been unable to care for due to finances. It continued to erode and finally became loose. There was gum swelling, some throbbing pain, and some discharge that smelled sweet in a bad way. I saw the dentist yesterday and he wanted to do a deep cleaning (planing) for all 4 quarters of my mouth. Before extracting the broken tooth. I had him extract the tooth which had abscessed and had Tylenol 2 for the pain which was incredible. I'm much better today, although it's still swollen and tender. I am rinsing with and taking colloidal silver to reduce infection and sterilize my mouth as well as COQ10 for the gum disease.

One evening I popped off a gold crown on my back molar. This crown is 30 years old. I thought I could go the next day and have it put back on. I was wrong, that night I started with pain, and by the morning I could hardly talk or move my mouth. The pain went from my back jaw all the way up to my ear. I saw a dentist and he said I had an abcessed tooth. He said I need to go to a specialist, so I did and by end of the day he removed the nerve and started root canal treatment. It got rid of the tooth pain, but the next day my jaw was so sore and swollen, I could not eat or drink. I had pain pills to take. By day number 2 I started to feel better and was back to work. I had not seen a dentist in 15 years, so did not know I had problems. I have not had dental insurance, I now took some out for $35/mo. It covers 40-60% but you can not go forever without seeing a dentist.