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Suggest Remedy For Swelling In The Jaw

hi , my jaw is slightly swollen this morning on my left side. i still have my wisdom teeth and last night i had a small amount of pain only when i chewed on the opposite side of my mouth. the pain on a scale of 1-10 was only about a 2. i have had 1 wisdom tooth infection previously about 3 years ago and that pain was about a 9 out of 10 and the swelling was 10 times worse than it is now. the difference is my first wisdom tooth infection went from nothing to being very swollen and very painful, but this time the pain and swelling are minimal and in fact the pain has gone today. i was just wondering whether it is worth going to the doctor for antibiotics or whether it is only a slight inflammation and will go away. at the moment i only have slight swelling.
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
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Get an xray done to check with position of the wisdom tooth. If it is a recurrent problem then it is worth while to get tooth extracted before it causes any severe infection.
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Suggest Remedy For Swelling In The Jaw

Get an xray done to check with position of the wisdom tooth. If it is a recurrent problem then it is worth while to get tooth extracted before it causes any severe infection.