I have had an acute abcess in my lower left teeth for some time now. It swells up, i take antibiotics, it goes down, theb we repeat every couple months. A while back, a tiny hole appeared right below it between my gum and lip, some infection leaked out, it hurt this terrible burning pain, and the next day the pain was gone, but the hole was/is HUGE.Now remember, i have bad teeth, i need them all pulled, but i am absolutely HORRIFIED of dentists. Anyway, its been bothering me all day, abd tonight i found a brand new hole right next to the older one...its still small, but im now bearing the horrible burning..almost like its stretching. Please tell me what these are, if they can be treated and how, and that im not going to die.
Hello, As you have an abscess since long it has led to breaking of the abscess on the surface of the gum leading to formation of a Chat Doctor.  So my advice to you is to consult a dentist and get an x-ray done. The x-ray will help in ruling out the exact condition of tooth and severity of infection. If tooth is still in position to be saved then root canal treatment should be initiated but if the tooth has a poor prognosis now get it removed for permanent resolution. For now apply Lidocaine gel over the painful area and along with it take a course of antibiotics and painkillers. Do warm saline gargles. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.