My last lower left molar was so sore, so I went to the dentist and the tooth had a crack in it, and she cleaned out the old filling and fixed the crack. That night I was in great pain-long story short-I had ludwigs-angina-stayed in hospital 5 days-major antibiotics, etc. I've been home, the swelling is gone, the blood test shows elevated white blood count levels still. On amoxicillin 500mg two pills twice a day 14 days. My tooth doesn't hurt, but, I was wondering if i should get it pulled when infection is completely cleared up?