I am a 21 yr old female and should have got my winsdom teeth out last year but im also a student and couldnt miss clinicals and now that it is summer i couldnt miss work with all the things i have to pay for school. So they became abcessed, they break even wen I am just chewing gum or eating a banana. Yesterday I started to feel pain under my right part of my jaw bone and today i can barely open my jaw it hurts so bad, It hurts to swallow and it feels like there is a lump under my jaw going into my throat. I feels like it got worse from the time i started work til the end of my shift. What can I do except for the obvious go to the dentist and get them pulled?
Hello, You need antibiotic treatment to stop the spread of the infection. I usually prescribe Amoxicillin 500\u00a0mg. Take some anti-inflammatory medicine such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Ben Chat Doctor.  You will need to go to the emergency room if this continues. Your dentist can give you a prescription and also evaluate if you need a steroid to control rapid increasing swelling. As you state, you WI need to and the extractions, but you need antibiotics now. Some infections need to be