Do I have an infection? - Dental Health Message Board

leelee04 · 08-31-2007, 04:36 PM

Ok my tooth in the back top left corner has broken off. It now has a hole there in the middle of it and I feel like there is stuff dripping out of it. It taste horrible. Its not green or yellow, I dont have a fever and I dont have swollen lymphnodes. Does this sound like infection to you? If you need more info just ask and I will tell you. Oh yeah I now have bad breath all the time even after I brush my teeth.I really hope its not because I dont have any money to go to the dentist. I can barely afford to feed myself.

hobobump · 08-31-2007, 04:40 PM

yes definatly a infection. i had that horrible taste with my wisdom teeth i just had removed and for months before. rinse with salt wate rthree times a day its just relieves the pain and taste a bit. untill you can get to the dentidt good luck

leelee04 · 08-31-2007, 05:16 PM

did you feel sick with your infection? By the way I dont have any pain in that tooth. could it still be an infection?

Rosie the 3rd · 09-01-2007, 10:40 AM

You must go to the dentist. If you have an infection, and it spreads then you are going to put other healthy teeth in jeopardy. Sorry don't know where you live , but there must be some dental hospital or something that you can go to to get it treated cheaply. No money or not, do not leave an infection untreated.

golfhat · 09-04-2007, 03:52 PM

A bad taste in the mouth that is something NEW probably means you have an infected tooth or gums. And yes, you have to go to the dentist. If you have a broken tooth it will stay infected and that infection can go into the sinuses.then to the brain and then you will have a worse problem. The tooth broke off either from:
an old filling that came out and took the tooth with it or,
an injury to the tooth from a cavity...

Call a dentist---as many as you have to--to get someone to see you---my dentist will put people on a payment plan that they can afford.
Perhaps pulling the tooth would be the solution for now until you can afford more permanent work.
see how they would suggest you handle it. There must be a dentist who will let you pay it out or does that kind of work pro bono.
Good luck.