Isn't seven weeks a ridiculously long time to ask someone with an abscessed toot!
Question:
Isn't seven weeks a ridiculously long time to ask someone with an abscessed tooth?
to wait to have it extracted? I have been a patient of this particular oral surgeon for four years, so I'm not walking in off the street. Shouldn't an office have time slots for emergency visits? Why would this not be considered an emergency? I have already taken one round of antibiotics, but my tooth still hurts, the glands in my neck hurt (on the side of the abscessed tooth), and I just generally feel ill. I am completely dumbfounded that an oral surgeon's office would actually ask someone to suffer seven weeks before having their tooth extracted. What do you think? (Please don't state the obvious, which is that I could see someone else. There is a reason I'd like to stay with this practice if at all possible, but right now, I'm really pissed.)
Answers:
As a dentist I can assure you that waiting this long with an abscess is extremely dangerous. You need to call this dentist back and ask for an emergency appointment, if he/she is not willing to do so then I highly recommend that you find another dentist. An abscess can be life threatening if not treated as this infection can have the ability to spread to other areas of the body via the bloodstream. This can cause upper airway obstructions, and can spread to the heart and brain. PLEASE see this dentist or another dentist ASAP!! Good luck!