About a couple of months ago  my son said my breath smelled "FOUL"..I
told him I had brushed but that I had not eaten allday..he told me it
still smelled...At that time I also realized my left ear was achy....as
was my jaw...

Two weeks later I went to the Dentist and had the filling in my bottom,
left sided last Molar changed from Metal to White filling.  Almost 1
week to that day my jaw swelled and the pain kept me up all night!!!

I grabbed my Amoxycilline 500mg and ran to the Dentist.  He took an
xray and saw "puss pockets"...Immediately he drilled the new filling
out...poked a "pin" and broke up the pockets and gave me pain killers
and told me to take the antibiotics...

He left it "open" to drain and told me that when I eat to put cotton in
it which I have done...
Now it is almost 3 weeks later...I stopped the antibiotics two days ago
and within 1 day of doing so my jaw is starting to swell again so I
went right back on them...The surrounding gum is swollen also and this
is 4th of July weekend and he cant see me till Wed July 5th...

I remember years ago "cloves" or a clove byproduct being put in another
tooth of mine that had a root canal and I was reading the postings
where you mentioned the wax to fill the filling to protect the tooth
while eating..

I am lost.  I dont know what to do..Dont want to take antibiotics
forever...
I called my Health Insurance and they say I cant change dentists since
he was the original Dr and has to rectify  the problem.

Also, I am scheduled to fly out on the 10th to the East Coast to be
with my elderly mom for a medical procedure.  I need to resolve this
and get on with my life.

I rinse with warm salt water....and also peroxide....brush....put
cotton in it when I eat.

Any suggestions?  What should I buy or do?

Thank you so much!!!!
Athena