Hi anntay2,
Reading this post along with your former one about this same tooth..... it sounds like you do have an infection in the jaw and it is the same one that you had at that time. It is not unusual for symptoms to subside and then resurface with an oral infection. So it's not that the infection went away and is now new.... it's the same infection.
Sometimes an infection resides in the jaw bone even after the tooth is removed. This is usually due to the infection having been long standing... possibly undiagnosed or misdiagnosed until it was severe. Root canaling a tooth does not cure the infection inside of the tooth and in your case it didn't even give you much reprieve.
It would be best to see an oral surgeon for an evaluation soon.
Please check back with us.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by anntay21
Hi- Looking for opinions, please.
Over the past year - 1 rootcanal and 1 extraction- (same tooth)
(Had extraction early November 2013)
Now- huge lump on side of lower jaw where tooth was removed. not painful, but it is uncomfortable. It's hard when I touch my face and there is some obvious facial swelling.
I don't see, feel, or taste anything different.
After reading all these posts, it sounds like it's an infected jaw.
thoughts?
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