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Dental surgery (pulling abscessed tooth) and bronchiectasis
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Apr 5, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
I cannot find any specific recommendations, but in reading I did find that your lungs are at risk from the bacteria in your tooth.
In your situation, unless you are already on antibiotics, I would give a (short) explanation of bronchiectasis to my dentist and ask for a course of antibiotics after the procedure. My dentist always does this for any abscess anyway.
Also, it is safer to ask for a cup for rinsing your mouth rather than having them spray - that way you get less aerosol into your lungs.
Sue
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Thank you. The dentist x-rayed every tooth and checked moth good inuding tapping teeth and could not find any signs of tooth infection .. I went to Urgent Care the day prior to the dentist because of ear ache and jaw pain. It is several weeks before I can get an appointment with my ENT. He looked in the ear and at ear drum and in my mouth and said he could not see any sign of ear infection.. I have been using CPAP for almost 2 months and this ache/pain started about 7 days ago..
I have chronic rhinitis.. I am at a loss of what it can be and it is two more weeks before I can see pulmonologist of primary physician . Pain and ache in left lower jaw and left ear continues. Is CPAP causing a problem. The pressure was on 6. I have turned it down to 5 and not having any more events per hour and sleeping better but that has not helped the pain and ache in ear and jaw