Thread: Gum Lump

If it's an abscess check what the sound of your farts are like. Reason being is everyone knows 'Abscess makes the fart go Honda'.

reason for the abscess mate - could indicate a root canal is needed - tooth bad.

if you have had a fractured root there for a number of years then in all probability it is a "cold abscess" or cyst , resulting from a long standing chronic infection around the fracture site. a good dental surgeon might be able to save the tooth with some minor surgery to the gum and root , it depends on exactly where the fracture is and how big the cyst/abscess is beneath the surface.

if you have already had root canal work on the tooth , then the root canal treatment may have failed ( they often do) and again , some minor gum/root surgery may be able solve the problem.

antibiotics will clear it up temporarily , but will not rid you of the cause of the problem which is the fracture site or the failed root canal treatment acting as a focus of infection. it will continue to flare up again and again.

it really needs treatment , you dont want or need a chronic abscess emptying pus into your mouth on a continual basis.

the minor surgery i mentioned is not painful or anything to be fearful of.

if the tooth is beyond saving then extraction and either a bridge or an implant is the answer , unless you could live with removable plastic denture , ( kept overnight in a glass of water by your bedside)

^ I don't mind going to the dentist - i'll get it sorted today.

Infections like this are caused by licking unhygienic genitalia.

TGS the Dog

I reckon Scamps got a mouth dose from Eden

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Comments welcome.

Go see a dentist.

Originally Posted by taxexile

( kept overnight in a glass of water by your bedside

Dentures are made to be kept in your mouth unless you are cleaning them as was advised by my dentist and denturist.
I have worn full dentures for 25 years and they never set in a glass of water by the bed.
That glass of water and set by the bed at night is old time shit done by my grandpa and he been dead since 1955.

I don't want to be around to discover the life that's crawling underneath your dentures when you'll sniff it and they'll take whatever might be of value, blackdude.

Dentures are made to be kept in your mouth unless you are cleaning them as was advised by my dentist and denturist.
I have worn full dentures for 25 years and they never set in a glass of water by the bed.

listen up gummy , we are not talking about full dentures here , we are talking about a one tooth partial denture.

different maintenance procedures apply.

Listen up turdhead, Not what I was told when I had a 2 tooth partial,

Originally Posted by blackgang

Listen up turdhead, Not what I was told when I had a 2 tooth partial,

exactly , you started with a small two tooth partial , followed poor advice and now you have ended up with a mouth full of gums.

next patient please.

I dare say that dental techniques and practise has moved on from the 1800's when blackgang first got his wooden chompers.

Hygiene too.

I can recommend Dr Pullemall on Soi 6

I just paid 8000 Baht for a Crown. It's cheaper than in the west but only slightly.

Originally Posted by chinthee

I just paid 8000 Baht for a Crown.

WTF!?

Was it Queen Elizabeths crown?? That's expensive, mine was half that.

^^^
Pardon ?

I paid 3-4000baht for a crown here and 20 years ago I paid 18,000 baht in the UK

Yes, all, I had it done in Phuket. At St. Louis hospital in Bangkok same crown probably 5000. But, still not cheap anymore.

My mother's advice for anything short of a multiple amputation accident:

Gargle with salt water.