My back molar tooth has a yellow/ whiteish circle like with a small dot in it on my gum. I have a cap on that tooth. and had a root canal and they took out the nerves soo it does really hurt but there is a dull pain and my gum looks alittle swallon. What do you think it is? and is it somthing i should be conserned about?
Hello dairy have mentioned that you have got your root canal done for that particular tooth, and you are suffering from pain and swelling of the surrounding soft tissues now. This clearly indicates that the root canal treatment was not very effective and hence you need to go for a re treatment. Due to this Root canal treatment failure you still have an existing infection in the root canal, hence tooth and since this tooth is already capped, there is no way out for the pus(developed due to the infection) therefore you see a yellow spot which is actually a sinus opening for the pus. You should start with warm saline rinses 4-5 times a day and Antibiotic (amoxicillin -500 mg twice a day for 5 days) and a painkiller if required. This is just an immediate treatment need to Visit your dentist soon and get a pretreatment done to get rid of this infection. Take cartoons