<human>: I have a very painful wisdom tootChatDoctoring in. I think it might be infected. I have seven days, three pills/day, of cephalexin left over from a previous bacterial infection. Will that suffice for my tooth or do I need to visit a dentist. I dont have insurance.
<bot>: Hello, Thanks for consulting ChatDoctorRead your query, as you have painful wisdom tooth this pain can be due to carious tooth, or impacted causing infection peritonitis or periodontal abscess. For this I will suggest you to consult oral surgeon for oral examination and investigations Iowa X-ray of region of wisdom tooth to rule out the cause of pain. In meantime do warm saline gargle two - three times a day, you can also apply stolen gum pain on region of wisdom tooth. Hope this will help you.