I have a bad taste in my mouth and I can feel that the pus is coming from the back of a crown...I think number 15.... No pain..it s not elevated...possibly a fistula. Taken amoxicillin for 4 days and it s better...but I can taste the foulness when I draw on that tooth...not as bad but still present. Going to a specialist after my round of antibiotics. Dentist couldn t confirm through xrays that it was an abscess. Referred me because the issue was out of his scope. Will the antibiotics take care of the abscess or am I doomed to see a ED?
Hello, Thanks for consulting Chat Doctor, Read your query, as you have pus discharge from tooth this abscess formation can be due carious tooth, decayed tooth, infection in periodontal ligament causing periodontal abscess don't worry I will suggest you to consult dentist for examination of tooth if it is periodontal ligament infection that is periodontal abscessnthen go for Scaling and root planning. Taking antibiotics for pus discharge give you temporary relief you should go for proper treatment. In meantime do warm saline rinses, you can do Betadine gargle once daily. Hope this will help you. Wishing you good health.