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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Pain In Face After Tooth Infection

Hi I recently had a tooth infection and she infection and I was reading online how garlic is a miracle remedy so I got a garlic clove and he smashed and I put it between my god me too and with in like 15 minutes the pain was gone but I did feel a lot of burn from the garlic. I woke up the next day and my face was so swollen it looked like something had hit me in the face. please tell me what I can do to help the swelling coming down. Please help me figure out what I can use to help heal this ASAP.
Mon, 25 Aug 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  's  Response
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The swelling is because of the extension of the tooth infection to involve the tissue spaces. Do not apply garlic or some other things over the tooth or mucosa, it can cause irritation and aggravate the infection. Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph to ruleout the infection.
Mean while you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic).
Get the tooth treated with RCT or extraction. Do saline gargling.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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Dentist,  Dr. Anshumala Singh's  Response
Hello and welcome.
Thanks for sharing your concern.

Please note that the symptoms that you have mentioned here indicates towards tooth infection.It requires clinical evaluation.

you might need a course of antibiotics and analgesics.Self medication and home remedies might not give you complete treatment.Therefore please see your dentist soon.For now you can do warm saline rinses.

Hope it helps.
Thanks.
Take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Pain In Face After Tooth Infection

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The swelling is because of the extension of the tooth infection to involve the tissue spaces. Do not apply garlic or some other things over the tooth or mucosa, it can cause irritation and aggravate the infection. Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph to ruleout the infection. Mean while you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). Get the tooth treated with RCT or extraction. Do saline gargling. I hope my answer will help you, take care.