I'm good thanks b3th.
How are you?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:39, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

According to the dentist, I'm a massive pussy.
That's 'AM', not 'HAVE'.

Apparently I don't have an abcess at all, just an infection. No root canal work for me.

However, in anticipation of being drilled to fuck today, I rescheduled a job interview that I was supposed to be going to tonight. Nothing exciting, just a casting call for Frankie & Benny's. They're opening a new 'restaurant' in Weston.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 21 May 2012, 21:42, Reply)

I have no comment to make.
Other than good luck with the interview.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:44, Reply)

Thanks.
It's nothing too taxing. Just being door staff. you know, 'Table for three, sir? Do you have a reservation? i can fit you in at nine.' sort of thing.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 21 May 2012, 21:53, Reply)

An
abcess is an infection. Your dentist is a fud.
(Phudbree oh man, the Doric Yorick, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:45, Reply)

An abcess is surely an infection which has actually caused a hole in the gum which fills with pus
you can have an infection without having an abcess.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:47, Reply)

SOMEONE TELL ME IF I'M JUST A WHINING MALINGERER!!!!!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 21 May 2012, 21:51, Reply)

You are, but not because of this.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:52, Reply)

how?

(Phudbree oh man, the Doric Yorick, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:51, Reply)

Errrrrr, well let me think.
You probably had a slightly suppressed immune system and then maybe came into contact with someone who was carrying some kind of "bad" bacteria which made it's way into your mouth and possibly entered a small cut on your gum. The bacteria then multiplied and because of your compromised immune system got to the stage when the side effects of all the bacteria by products made you feel like shit.

Then, if you don't get that treated, the infection could develop further, your gum gets eaten away underneath the tooth and this hole is what is known as an "abcess".
(Bazongaloid, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:54, Reply)

Aye
and no.

First part shite. Nithin to do with compromised immune systems for the vast majority of folks. Much more likely that a stray food particle finds it's way under the gum, or into a hole in the tooth and leads to infection.
(Phudbree oh man, the Doric Yorick, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:03, Reply)

Do you not understand how questions and answers work?
You asked how you could get an infection without having an abcess. My explanation is a clear description of how that could happen. It wasn't a statement of how it always happens.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:07, Reply)

I understand
perfectly. Some of your answer was correct and could happen. Unlikely for the majority of the population, though.

I'm not having a go at ye, though.
(Phudbree oh man, the Doric Yorick, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:15, Reply)

Oh, that's alright then.
I thought an abcess involved lots of root canal work. He said there was nothing he needed to do to the actual teeth, so the antibiotics would be enough.

Turns out I was justified in my woe-is-me-ness.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 21 May 2012, 21:49, Reply)

I had a gum infection once
and I recall it was pretty hideously painful. So you're not being too soft.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:50, Reply)

Excellent.
I tell you what, I've eaten chuff all in the last four days. weigh-in should be good this week.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 21 May 2012, 21:51, Reply)

Depends
where the infection is.

If it's deep in the the root of the tooth, then it's root canal. If it's in a hole in the top part, the crown, then it's usually simple drilling.They are both "abscesses" or gatherings of puss.

Please yersel', like.

"Replaces dentures."
(Phudbree oh man, the Doric Yorick, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:54, Reply)