Dental Abscess? in my jaw bone?

Question

What is a Dental abscess in a bone? and what can doctors usually do about it?

I have a large painful bump along my jaw line and it keeps getting bigger just within a few hours and when i touch it, i can easily feel my pulse. Could this be an abscess?

Answer 1

See a doctor.  An abscess is usually felt in the mouth and if you don't feel it in your mouth or by a tooth, then it may be one of the glands under your jaw that is causing you problems.  See a doctor before it gets any worse.  Antibiotics may cure it if it is a glandular problem but if it is an abscess then a dentist needs to get down to the abscess and drain the puss out of it and dry it up and fix the problem.  Not necessarily in that order.  

Answer 2

I had that too, exactly down to the pulse; I had my tooth pulled today, so we're waiting to see how the infection will clear up. They would have put me on antibiotics except I just got off a course. Good luck and see a dentist! I could have gotten a root canal, but I needed one on a more visible tooth and insurance wouldn't have covered both, so I chose that one as a sacrifice. They DO spread!

Answer 3

It could be. You need to get on antibiotics quickly. Call a dentist right away.