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For over a week I have been having dental pain, related to a tooth that was third from the back in my upper left jaw. This was one that a while back had been a deep root filling with a crown and post.

Today I finally managed to get to the dentist, and it seemed that somehow an infection started and that tooth had to be extracted.

I have attached the X-Ray taken from before the extraction. The middle tooth on the image is the problem tooth and the shadow at the root is the infection.

I am now experiencing post op pain. I was not proscribed antibiotics so what happens to the infection now that tooth is gone.

How long will this post op pain be? I have been on Ibuprofen and Codine since Thursday evening. The box says I should only use this for three days, my sister who is a pharmacist says I should be ok to take them until Sunday.