Snowclover,
To be honest, I would be upset with the oral surgeon if I were his patient and he didn't xray the area when the lump was first discovered. There really was no excuse for him not to take that xray at that time. He could not rule out infection just by taking a clinical look at it and he knows that.
I'm glad you have finally gotten some relief.... but the I&D is no picnic and now you have additional healing to do. I hope it goes well for you.
Yes, please in the future trust your instincts and don't hesitate to make your concerns clear especially when there are obvious signs that something is not healing normally.
Hope your healing is uneventful from this point forward.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by snowclover
Bryanna,
Thank you for your encouragement. I returned to the oral surgeon again. My face had swollen so huge and was hot to the touch that the infection was pretty evident. He did finally do X-rays where it was determined that I did indeed have a very large and very infected abscess. Emergency incision and drainage was performed yesterday and aside from healing an incision and stitches again I feel so, so much better.
I'm not mad at the surgeon, I think he truly believed I was not infected, but I did learn I should have trusted my instincts and advocated for myself more. I knew it was an abscess for weeks before it was treated.
Thanks again Bryanna.
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