The Medical Treatment

The doctor may decide, cut the abscess and leave the matter in the sewage system or attempt treatment with antibiotics. If the abscess breaks on its own, this is usually the only way that infection can be cured. People with dental abscesses are usually prescribed painkillers and, at the discretion of the doctor, antibiotics to fight the infection. An abscess that has extended the floor of the mouth or throat, you may need to be drained in the operating room under general anesthesia