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Dental advice please

 
 
w1rebaby
14:22 / 19.07.02
My wisdom tooth has, I think, some sort of minor infection. It woke me up at 5.30am this morning, I would have screamed if it wouldn't have hurt. It's a bit better now with ibuprofen etc.

...but I was considering going out for a drink this evening. Would it be a bad idea to do this? I don't know, would it cause inflammation afterwards when I was getting dehydrated, or... something? waves hands

I'm tempted to do it anyway since what worked better than ice and pills was half a capful of neat gin applied to the area. Earliest I've ever had gin in my mouth I think, if you don't count the times when I hadn't been asleep beforehand. I spat it out again afterwards, mind.
 
 
bitchiekittie
14:27 / 19.07.02
my advice would be to go to the dentist. but as you wont have it, Ill tell you to go out. maybe enjoying yourself could distract you from the pain a bit. and if you are concerned about the effects of alcohol....erm, dont drink.
 
 
w1rebaby
14:49 / 19.07.02
I'm not going to pay a man large sums of money to tell me what I already know. And I want to drink, I just don't want to be in agony because of it.
 
 
Jack Fear
15:40 / 19.07.02
Nah. Can't do any damage. Might help: alcohol is, after all, both an anaesthetic and an antiseptic. Don't mix narcotic-type pain meds and booze, obviously, and don't use acetominaphen when drinking--it's bad for the liver: if youy stick to ibuprofen you should be fine.

Definitely see a dentist ASAP, though.
 
 
that
15:41 / 19.07.02
But the dentist would give you antibiotics to make it go away... or, if you are really lucky, a root canal and then antibiotics.
 
 
w1rebaby
15:53 / 19.07.02
Oh, okay, if it's not better over the weekend I'll go see the dentist.

It's happened before when I don't brush properly, it goes away again.
 
 
bitchiekittie
17:47 / 19.07.02
I will hold you to this promise

oh yes, I have you now