Hi, I was having a worse pain in my mouth because of the wisdom tooth because the tooth next to it was infected. So i went to hospital for emergency. They give me IBU, Tylenol and penicillin but next day I had a swollen throat on the same side and was unable to open my mouth and talk. I keep on taking these medications for three days but swelling does not go down. Between this i went to a dentist too and they said it is because if the infection and it should go down by the medications i am on. Then yesterday I went to see a doctor again, she asked me to stop taking penicillin and give me a high dose of antibiotic but still the swelling is there and I am unable to open my mouth or eat anything,
Hello and welcome, Wisdom tooth is last tooth to erupt in the oral cavity and often its eruption is associated with pain and swelling in the jaws. As you have mentioned you have an infected tooth adjacent to the wisdom tooth I suspect the infection has spread to the entire area leading to formation of periodontal abscess and swelling. I would suggest you to get an OPG radiograph done which will show the spread of infection, abscess or infected cysts if present. Accordingly treatment can be done. You can start with antibiotic augmenting with analgesics with serratiopeptidase every 8 hours which helps in subsiding the swelling and relives pain. Once the swelling is relived get the infected tooth treated by root canal procedure ANF wisdom tooth removed surgically. I hope this helps, take care.