Hi im new to this site. I been reading up on it seems very informative.

Here's my situation about 6 months ago my tooth 13 had a big cavity the dentist drilled it out and put a temp in. The temp was still hurting 2 weeks later so it took it out and put a permanant in knowing it would abscess.


Well he was right my tooth is abscessed. It's been like this for months my jaw has not gotten really puffy but the infection is driving me crazy. I am on clindymacin 150 mg ever 6 hours been on 1 other antibiotic before that and the tooth still hurts. I went to the dentist and he said it can be root canaled however i had another dentist say extract it and put an implant in. I went to the oral surgeon this week and he would not pull it due to it being still infected and increased my dose to 300mg of clindamyacin. I have had a bad sinus infection with yellow mucus for 2 or 3 weeks with pressure from the tooth. My question is if i get a root canal will it complete eliminate my problem or would it be best to extract it? I want to say my health is my number one concern so if i extracting it has to be done i will do it. I have been feeling dizzy and tired. I just want it to go away.