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What Causes Partially Broken Wisdom Tooth Along With Facial Swelling?

a few months back my wisdom thooth cracked in half and now half of it is gone never had pain till now. i have swelling around my face my head,nose,throat an ear hurts and my jaw locked up and ive been having fevers as well.and now i have really watery draniage from my nose where it burns and it smells soooo bad why is that?
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come to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain,it seems that your partially broken wisdom tooth has got infected leading to pain and locking of the jaw that seems to be due to swelling and inflammation at the wisdom tooth site..
Secondly there also seems that you have an infection in your sinus leading to facial pain, headache as well as foul smelling nasal discharge..
I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a clinical evaluation and an Orthopantomogram [x ray] will help in looking for the condition of the tooth as well as maxillary sinuses..
You can also be advised PNS view x ray of sinuses as it will help in detailed examination of the sinuses and treatmet can be done accordingly..
For infected tooth, as it is a wisdom tooth, the best treatment is to get it extracted/removed as it is not helpful in chewing or any other purpose..
If there is infection in the sinuses a course of antibiotics, anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen, decongestants like Pseudoephadrine, steam inhalation, saline nasal irrigation and steroid nasal sprays can relieve.

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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What Causes Partially Broken Wisdom Tooth Along With Facial Swelling?

come to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain,it seems that your partially broken wisdom tooth has got infected leading to pain and locking of the jaw that seems to be due to swelling and inflammation at the wisdom tooth site.. Secondly there also seems that you have an infection in your sinus leading to facial pain, headache as well as foul smelling nasal discharge.. I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a clinical evaluation and an Orthopantomogram [x ray] will help in looking for the condition of the tooth as well as maxillary sinuses.. You can also be advised PNS view x ray of sinuses as it will help in detailed examination of the sinuses and treatmet can be done accordingly.. For infected tooth, as it is a wisdom tooth, the best treatment is to get it extracted/removed as it is not helpful in chewing or any other purpose.. If there is infection in the sinuses a course of antibiotics, anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen, decongestants like Pseudoephadrine, steam inhalation, saline nasal irrigation and steroid nasal sprays can relieve. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.