Thanks Bryanna for the support for giving me your support it feels good to know that I am not just crazy making things up.
On the amoxicillin issue I plan to take that up with my doctor when I am done with this issue first. I have read that it is not necessarily an allergy and it may be possible to take it again with no reaction . I definitely would want to take an allergy test first.
The oral hygiene lecture mostly annoyed me because she just went on and on longer then she actually took trying diagnose my problem. It was like she was trying to fill time because she had no clue what was going on with me.
I went to go see someone else today that has experience in removing wisdom teeth since I started to get some inflammation in my gums in between the site and the rad gum section. He was a lot more helpful. He said most likely what is happening is that even though I am healing well the gums can still let some food in since my teeth my be shifting. He did not want to give me anymore antibiotics since I am still taking some and after a week of taking a second one he didn't want to mess up my body anymore. Instead he put some sort of medicine in my gumline he told me the name but it escapes me now. He said it does not look serious and to finish the antibiotics. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this and will let you how it progresses. I may try to take a picture later but I don't want to move around the stuff that he put in my teeth right now.
Also as a side note he did not mention anything on oral hygiene so it must have not been as bad as the other dentist told me.
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Originally Posted by Bryanna
Hi Marge,
Well...... that was a waste of your time :/
First of all she cannot tell you the rash was or wasn't from the amoxicillin. However, the be on the safe side, you should be allergy tested for that drug before ever taking it again.
As far as the inflammation and redness in that area of your gums.... what the heck is a "random" diagnosis?? What does that mean?? :/
Many general dentists are a bit..... uninformed..... about oral surgery complications. Perhaps that's because they usually only perform simple surgical procedures and/or rarely deal with the complications because when they do arise, they refer those patients to the oral surgeon.
As for the oral hygiene comments she made to you..... she may or may not have been correct in that observation. But usually a dentist will not even comment on that unless they see a generalized plaque problem. Did she explain what/where she was referring to and offer you some constructive help?
Is the reddened area getting any worse.... bigger.... sore....??
Any chance you could post a picture of just that area?
Bryanna
QUOTE=Marge1;971697]So I went to go see another dentist today since the surgeon will not be available till next week. I know I'm not a dentist but her advice did not seem to help she basically said it was random with no cause.
First she did not beleive me when I told her I got a rash from the original amoxicillin that I was given. She was like its probably from something else even though a rash is a very common side effect.
They took an xray between the teeth and didn't see anything so I guess that was a good sign. She said that its probably random and unrelated to my wisdom teeth even though I never had a prior problem with my gums. She said its probably not the antibiotics either.
The she lectured me on proper oral care when I was always told that my teeth were healthy and that I was doing a good job.
Anyways she told me to wait and if it doesn't go away to come back again. I will go and see the original surgeon or another dentist if it doesn't go away by next week.
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