Root Canal Removal

[Upfromtheashes]

I am going in in a week to have a root canal tooth removed - The tooth has a very large abscess or infection -

I am curious if anyone here has had an increase in well being after having root canals taken out -

I also have a dilemna- I was prescribed penicillin to take for a week before the procedure -

I do not want to take it but am fearful not to-

I dont want to do more harm by taking the antibiotics but I am worried about the infection as I already have periods where I feel like I am on deaths door and I dont want to chance something happening

Thanks

[Uncle Fester]

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Edited September 19, 2021 by darebak

[Wayfarer64]

Dude. YOU COULD DIE!! Take it. Bacteria can kill us mere mortals. My neighbor upstairs nearly died from an abscess because she didn't want to take the meds.

I think it is a good move to pull the tooth. I think root canals are bad news for the most part. Everyone in my family has had complications with them.

I skipped it and had my bad tooth pulled. Glad I did too.

I took pro-biotics along with and after the antibiotics. That greatly helps the digestion problems antibiotics produce.

There are a lot of things western medicine is good for. Infection is one of them. Don't fool around with that man.

I find keeping my gums and teeeth soaking in sea-salt brine for an hour a day works very well to kill all bacteria in my mouth-the taste is easy to get used to if ya use seasalt and not table salt...

good luck

[Upfromtheashes]

I find keeping my gums and teeeth soaking in sea-salt brine for an hour a day works very well to kill all bacteria in my mouth-the taste is easy to get used to if ya use seasalt and not table salt...

good luck

 

Thanks to both for the replys

Wayfarer that is a long time -

Are you doing it for health benefits etc?

[Wayfarer64]

Thanks to both for the replys

Wayfarer that is a long time -

Are you doing it for health benefits etc?

 

I have a bad tooth -split by a hard seed several monhs ago-

no $ for dental pros to go for it-so I just keep my mouth very clean -

there is usually little pain now.

 

I have removed a few of my own bothersome teeth over the years- I work them loose and then pull 'em out a -shot of rum and a good long salt-soaking first -then I gives it time to heal with a liquid diet and more soaks-

 

not the best way to go -but it works..

[Upfromtheashes]

I have a bad tooth -split by a hard seed several monhs ago-

no $ for dental pros to go for it-so I just keep my mouth very clean -

there is usually little pain now.

 

I have removed a few of my own bothersome teeth over the years- I work them loose and then pull 'em out a -shot of rum and a good long salt-soaking first -then I gives it time to heal with a liquid diet and more soaks-

 

not the best way to go -but it works..

 

Wow

Very intense

[Ian]

Rinsing with dilute (3% or so) hydrogen peroxide can also help.

 

I narrowly avoided root canal work a month or two ago via a painfully deep filling. But it may well await me in a few years. So I'd be very interested to hear how it all is for you.

 

Thanks,

Ian

[Wayfarer64]

Rinsing with dilute (3% or so) hydrogen peroxide can also help.

 

I narrowly avoided root canal work a month or two ago via a painfully deep filling. But it may well await me in a few years. So I'd be very interested to hear how it all is for you.

 

Thanks,

Ian

Thanks Ian - I forgot to mention that very good HP rinse that I also use...I don't think that the seasalt would mix well with the HP dilution-so I never tried it, but rinsed with h2o between the two... -it just seems a bad idea to me- Anyone ever do both at once?

Edited December 5, 2007 by Wayfarer64