Went to the dentist this morning,,she thinks its a cracked tooth that has infection and possibly an abcess starting so im on Antibiotics and have to have the toothy out in just over two weeks. I also asked her(stupidly really) whether this could be making my Blood tests come out funny and she said yes if its a slow growing infection thats been brewing for a while so im mentioning it to the doctor. I have had two lots of previous antibiotics though. Anyway i will tell the doctor see what she thinks.
oooooo those abcesses are a booger, I've lost over 6 teeth to them. I hardly have any left on the bottom. Best it comes out though Rose, it will give you hell otherwise.
oh and there's the cost too eh? brace yourself!!!!
I'm like you, CB, hardly any left on the bottom and we are the same age........We'll have to grow old and toothless together, LOL In fact I counted ALL my teeth the other week and was quite surprised at how few I have. Don't ask 
I have horrible gaps in my teeth now but cannot afford to have implants or anything like that,,im just dreading having to have dentures one day!!. It really worries me!!.
A friend of mine who's 68 has about two fillings, and that's it!!! 
I'd be lucky to count two teeth of mine that didn't have fillings!
have you flippin' jinxed me Rose...gawd, I've lost a chunk out of my front toof last night, a long sliver off the side of it!!! I'm off the dentist tomorrow to make an appointment, have no idea how much this is going to cost me!!!
Yes Carol i always do that religiously when i have one out as i had dry socket with an infection after eating cornflakes the day after once,,,DOH!!!, WRONG MOVE. I will never do that again. Once you disturbthat Blood Clot that forms all hell breaks loose in your mouth.
Im just a bit concerned as i have the Anibiotics to take til Tuesday and its not coming out til the following Thursday??. I dont understand why thay did not want to take it out as soon as possible after the Antibiotics. Im just worried the infection will come back in a week?. Maybe not..
It feels a lot better today. Its taken the pain off abit anyway until i have it out.
I had to have all mine out about 10 years ago.
All done under local anaesthetic and never felt a thing.
Was fitted with dentures, but couldn`t cope with them, felt like a mouthful of plastic and made me gag.
Even without, I can eat almost anything
Only problem I have is with crunchy things.
Thanks Saasher, yes im just a bit annoyed that they could not do it this week and just want to get it over with. If the pain comes back before next Thursday i will not let thm take it out yet and shall demand more Antibiotics. She said it would hurt me a lot if she took it out with infection or beginning of abcess still there and also said if theres a lot of blood or muck it sucks the tooth back in and you cannot get a hold of it ha ha ha LOl,,,oeer sorry bit graphic.
