fugeri,
To be clear about the smoking... refrain from smoking anything until the sites close over. If you are going to use pot bake it in some brownies or something. I'm not telling you to use pot. I'm just suggesting that you refrain from smoking it for now.
Again unless the assistant/receptionist has a license to write out an rx or administer pharmaceutical medication, she has no legal authority to do so.
So if there is no infection, as per this woman, then there is no reason to take the antibiotics. Therefore, she has given you mixed information and it is not wise to take antibiotics unless they are absolutely necessary.
Your problem has not been properly diagnosed and swelling in the jaw bone can be indicative of a very serious infection that may not resolve with oral antibiotics. It would behoove you to see the on call dentist for proper evaluation.
In the future, unless it is a simple extraction with no indication of an infection, it is best to see an oral surgeon for extractions as they are more experienced and knowledgeable about oral surgery.
Could you please clarify..... Were the root canaled teeth extracted or were the root canals just done on the same day as the other extractions?
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by fugeri
Thanks for responding. So I'm not a smoker except for Marijuana, and I smoked yesterday after the fact. That was the only time.
A general dentist is who extracted my wisdom teeth.. I went back to the office today to see the lady Ive been talking to. Shes a dental assistant/receptionist for that office. She looked in my mouth and says its not infection in my tooth nor dry sockets.
The thing is on Fri night(3/13), I was brushing my teeth and I brushed to far back. She thinks that I hit it kind of hard and irritated it to cause blood/pus to pool up in my jaw. She said to keep taking the antibiotics for the rest of the week to see how it goes.
Theres another dentist on call she said I can talk to if I still feel uneasy. So I will see how the antibiotics treat it I guess and if I don't see any improvement I'll see the other dentist..
Can this hard lump really just be blood/pus? I really have no other pain or anything. Sometimes soarness, sometimes discomfort, but generally pretty good.
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