Abscess

[hugostiglitz]

High guys!

I got a crown on my tooth a few months ago and this tooth didn't bother me until about 2 months ago. At some point, I started to experience bad tooth pain almost every night. I went to the dentist who did the crown, she took an x-ray shot and said that I have pus in the in the canal(?). I was prescribed antibiotics which helped, but unfortunately 2 weeks after I finished taking the antibiotics the pain is back.

What are my options from here? Can it be fixed by taking some other medication ? I really don't wanna spend a lot of money on the dentist again especially I paid out of pocket for the crown...

 

[AF05]

Hugo-

Taking the antibiotics and/ or other medications will only treat the symptoms of the infection within the tooth, so this is not viable option. Your options: 1) Keep the tooth and have the root canal for the tooth that is showing the infection. 2) Extract the tooth and that would be the cheaper option.