Bryanna - I have read a few of your replies about dental care and would like your opinion on my situation...
About 3 years ago I began noticing that my chin was very tender and then I noticed it starting to be really red and swollen. I began picking at it (which ended up being a big mistake... it bleeds and drains puss all the time) and then decided to see my reg. doctor and he said that I had a cyst so he did a small surgery on it just to break it up. It went away for awhile but came back. I seen a few different dermatologist and they too agreed that it was a cyst and one did another surgery. That time it never did go away. So I was referred to a plastic surgeon... he had to go all the way to my jaw bone to get the cyst out and then he said that he thought it may be my teeth causing it because he had to go so deep. It went away for a few months and looked a lot better. It came back a few weeks ago so I decided to go ask the dentist about it. The x-rays did in fact show an abscess on my tooth. He said the infection has went through my jawbone to my tissue and thats why my chin is bleeding w/ puss. He wants me to go see a specialist... so my question to you is should I let him do a root canal or should I just have it pulled and get a fake tooth put in? He also said that I still have infection under a tooth that has already had a root canal done on it (about 2 years ago)... what should I do about that one? Also, is this something that can be deadly to me if I dont get it done ASAP because it's going to take me awhile to get the money together to have all this work done. (He did put me on an antibiotic)
Thanks so much and sorry this ended up being a book! LOL
-Christina-