I had a similar infection just after my gum had been cut away and a screw
inserted into the implant.
It was at night and I awake to find a large abcess growing on my gum near
the implant.
This I lanced with a fingernail and then I swallowed about 10 amoxycillins
(which I allways keep in the refrigerator, just in case) after which I rang
the oral surgeon who said I did the right thing and to stop worrying.
I'm sure glad I had the penicillin because this saved me the trouble of
trolling the town searching for a pharmacist whilst indisposed.
Always keep at hand in a cool place:
1/ Pain killers.
2/ Oral Penicillin.
3/ Nembutals
Especially if you live alone.

I have survived to tell thee!

He was treated for Hep -C and his red and white blood counts were off.
The Hep was actually a minor amount of liver damage, however, the
medicine you take for it is a killer.

No, he was not. The procedure went well, and it wasn't until the doctor
put the cap on that he started having the pressure.

What are his

answered above

Thanks for writing. see my explanation below about the appt.

This is one of those 10-foot-pole thingies ain't it ?
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I guess I'll write the long reply. I did realize that he probably was
given an antibiotic after the implant, however, he can't recall. He had
an impacted wisdom tooth and they used the bone from it to build the
graft, so I do think the surgeon was great, really great. He now
forgets about the antibiotic. It was the doctor specializing in the
caps that could be at fault because the pain didn't occur until the cap
was inserted. We thought that since he was being treated for HEP C and
his blood levels were off, the gum wasn't healing very well.  He was
pleased because he saw the surgeon today, and the surgeon said he will
not charge him to correct the situation. The X-ray shows the bone loss
and a space around the implant, however, we don't know if the implant
is lose yet, or it's just that the cap is loose. The surgeon feels the
impact of the cap being put on may have caused the bone to be
displaced, cracked or loosened. I dread that he is going back to the
"cap doctor" to have the cap removed because at some point he had to go
through a 2nd root canal through the cap because they'd put the cap on
and couldn't remove it and all the while the root was cracked. I just
don't have any use for that doctor.  But the surgeon said that in 20
years, he's only had one one case where he did a repeat implant and it
didn't work on the 2nd time. I'm glad we found the surgeon. He'll use
synthetic bone packed around the area in lieu of building the bone.
Really, it was a miracle that he got the impacted wisdom tooth out to
borrow the bone from. It was a dangerous operation.

I guess the same doctor from hell wants my niece who is grossly
underweight to have her jaw broken and reset for cosmetic reasons. My
sister went to high school with this jerk and she thinks the world of
him. Now, given what happened with my boyfriend, and also given that
this same cap doctor advised me to get a root canal I never needed and
luckily didn't get, I'm irritated.

Now, he's taking antibiotics and I feel better. I had an aunt die from
a dental infection and I feel skittish about everything :(. Meanwhile,
I'm suffering myself from fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue but it's always
easier to focus on someone's illness other than your own.  I'll keep
you posted.

I just feel bad that when he questioned the cap doctor about the pain,
his response was "there is NO TOOTH it must be pressure from another
tooth, the bite wasn't right, or there is tenderness in the gum due to
his HEP C". He said it wasn't unusual to have 4 -  6 months of pain.
It was unnecessary pain and hopefully the infection didn't spread to
his heart or something horrible.  Thanks for listening. -Wendy