Q. My husband went in for a new filling to replace anold one,he didn’t have a problem,dentist suggested getting it done The problem,its been 10 days,he can barely open his mouth,his jaw aches,his ear ache,and today he was in tears with the pain He even went back to the dentist after 7 days and she said tooth was fine today he went to the hospital,they gave him,intervenus antibiotics,and intervenus pain meds he came home with antibiotics,muscle relaxants and anti-inflametory drugs,he has athma,so I told him what the risks were, why hasn’t his pain gotten better Does a dentist since the mouth is the place that carries the most germs and bateria,should of cleane dthe area before the 5 injections it took to numb his tooth? He knew the needle location would be soar,but he can’t even get his mouth open wide enough for him to get his pinky finger in it also was an upper mollar,and he even has swelling,which he had when he went back to the dentist he has to stay home a few days now,My husband has never taken any time off work for being sick in about 15 years,for him to stay home means he is really in bad shape how could this have happened,and whats worse he is so upset,he got a tooth redone that was fine,horrible when having dental benfits through union,these dentist offer lots if he is still bad by tomorrow Monday,i will have to take him back to the hospital,he will not trust the dentist where does the local go to numb the area?nerve?muscle?had the area have bacteria and dentist didn’t clean area,or dentist never clean an area before local injection?