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Please tell me home remedies for a tooth abscess?

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Dentist: You need to see a dentist asap. An acute abscess is an aggressive infection that requires dental treatment. Antibiotics will help short-term, but without definitive treatment, the infection & pain will return. Ibuprofen & cold compresses may help with the pain, but the best thing you can do from home is to pick up the phone and call a dentist.

Answered 5/13/2018

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A telephone: An abscess is an infection. You have to treat the source of the infection. Call a dentist--this is the reason we entered our profession--to help people and restore health. Over the counter pain medication might help, temporarily. Don't try antibiotics--they are over used and do not fix the underlying problem.

Answered 2/24/2018

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