Abscess is not going away

[u/Famous-Citron3463]

Hello, my seven year old girl developed this abscess at the end of September. We visited the dentist. At first she prescribed antibiotics and then from the next visit started draining the pus from it. The problem is this pus swelling comes back after one or two days. Now it has stayed the same for one week. The dentist hasn't done any xray of it yet. I wonder if the abscess treatment is this long. I have attached all the prescriptions as well.

Thanks

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Thanks

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[u/syzygy017]

Antibiotics don’t fix dental infections. The tooth needs to be extracted asap. Go somewhere else because wtf do you mean they never took an xray