If it's an abscess, my sympathy, been there done that, pretty terrible. I've wondered the same. Considering an infection like that can be dangerous and if someone's only option was to try to pull the tooth, I imagine many people may have died from it.
My dentist wouldn't even touch mine until I'd taken the antibiotic, and before the meds I just kept sipping hot tea. I find it worrying that supposedly some antibiotics are becoming less effective...
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