Q. Hi I had severe pain and the area above some teeth was swollen about 2 months ago which lasted a week or two and after that I only felt very little pain if i touched the area. I couldnt visit the dentist at the time as i was very busy. I visted the dentist 1 month ago for a routine checkup the dentist said i had an infection in a tooth i had a filling in and this came about as there was some space and that bacteria has got into it. I had an xray and took out the filling and created an opening in the tooth for infection to drain he said that he will give it a week or so to see if the infecttion has finished or he will take have to remove the tooth as it have damaged the bone around it or so. When i returned after a week i asked him to see if the infecttion has got less, without even looking at he said it wouldnt have in a week and he needs to remove it. I did not allow him to remove the tooth and said i will give it more time to get better and he said ok but he wont put a filling on that tooth as it wont allow the infection any opening if he did that. He did not give me any medicine or anything for the infection. I dont have any pain but if i touch on top of that area i feel very slight pain and the area is no longer swollen. What shall i do, is there a way to get rid of the infection or will i have to have the tooth removed?