A 37-year-old member asked:
what is the best mandibular abscess treatment?
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Dr. Daniel Quon answered
41 years experience Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Identify and Treat: An abscess in the mandible may be due to a number of possible causes. In order to treat it, one has to identify the cause. An evaluation by your dentist would be a logical starting point.
Answered on Oct 3, 2017
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See your dentist: The best treatment is an immediate visit with your dentist to determine the cause of the abscess and to have the appropriate treatment initiated befor ... Read More
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Mesalamine: Oral +/- topical Mesalamine therapy would probably be the best. There is a new "safe" oral steroid called uceris which seems very promising too.
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