It's not good folks. £2.2k to fix it all. Every molar is needs filling. Wisdom tooth is decaying badly and causing pain and needs to be removed.

Any advice how to break this down or make it cheaper? I've been trying to get into an NHS dentist but not a single place is accepting patients within travellable distance :sadness-abysmal:

  • D61 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Abscesses usually can be ID'd by swelling and pain.

    Sometimes the infection will burn out on its own or create a big cyst that ruptures. If it ruptures externally, and can drain, you can get away with keeping the drain site disinfected. If it ruptures internally, the infection can get into your blood stream and cause blood poisoning, which is super bad.

    So, if you aren't having issues with excessive swelling and tenderness, fever, the smell of rotting meat from your mouth, blood and or puss oozing from the site, you probably aren't in danger of dropping dead without warning.

    I'd err on the side of trying to make it a priority to get it checked out though.

    • bigboopballs [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      So, if you aren’t having issues with excessive swelling and tenderness, fever, the smell of rotting meat from your mouth, blood and or puss oozing from the site, you probably aren’t in danger of dropping dead without warning.

      all right, thanks for the tips. the swelling and tenderness has been at a near minimum for a couple years now... guess the infection "burned out on its own" like you said for the most part, though it's obviously still in there or there would be no swelling at all

      • D61 [any]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah, it could be some scar tissue or the infection could be contained in a cyst that your body is (for now) able to contain.