Medical Questions » Mouth and Throat Questions » Question No. 1336
| Question: | What can I do for a tooth abscess? |
| Answer: | Increase vitamin C intake to 1g up to five times a day, and take 2,500meg of vitamin A or 6mg beta-carotene four times day. Also take 15mg of zinc twice a day forno more than two weeks, plus 200mcg of selenium. This will help strengthen your immune system. Vitamin B6 at 100mg twice a day helps to localise the infection and acts as a mild analgesic. And if you' re on antibiotics, takea B complex and a probiotic supplement for the duration of thecourse. |
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