Hi, I am 25 years old. I have wisdom tooth pain here and then and will be taking it out soon. But recently my cheek around the wisdom tooth is red and have a white spot on it and is very painful. Is this infection? Can I take antibiotics until I get my tooth extracted? Please help this is scaring me a lot.
HelloThanks for consulting ChatDoctorRead your query pain and redness in wisdom tooth can be due to impacted tooth, partially erupted, or carious tooth with periapical or periodontal infection. For this I will suggest you to consult oral surgeon and go for treatment extraction of tooth. In meantime do warm saline rinses. You can take medicine like Amoxicillin with metronidazole and analgesic like Painted by consulting with local doctor. Hope this will help you.