cycling with a tooth abscess

[accountantpete]

The abscess should be 99% dead by Friday night so you shouldn't need any painkillers.

On the tooth - NHS are reluctant to fund root canal treatments because a lot are a waste of time and expense.

 

[Arsen Gere]

IMHO I'd wait and see how you feel the day before.
A lot of bacterial infections clear up in 24hrs with good antibiotics. But infections are known to alter your blood composition and decrease performance.
I've had root canal work on the NHS for gangrene in a tooth so I'd think it should be sorted for you on the NHS. My preference was
the paracetamol and ibruprofen taken 2 hrs apart so 4 hours between each.

 

[Hacienda71]

Update just been to the dentist after my rant the other day. They have opened up the tooth, disinfected the canals and added an antibiotic sterilising solution, the guy (not my normal dentist) has also doubled the dose of antibiotics. He thinks I should be fine to cycle on Sunday. Strangely they have done all of this on the NHS and I have an NHS appointment with the dentist on Wednesday. I am still going to the free private consultation on Monday just to see how much more it would cost.

 

[Zoiders]

Be careful with strenuous exercise with gum disease until it's cleared up.

Gum and tooth infections are unique in that they directly infect your bloodstream straight away, this then allows your heart muscle to become infected.

People have died from it.