The phone rang at the clinic. It was Sapna's call and she insisted on getting an appointment immediately. During the conversation, it came to light that she had bought extra antibiotics and whenever she felt pain, she would take the medicine for 5 days herself. Many times, even if the pain stopped, she would stop the medicine halfway. At first, I was very unhappy about such negligence, but such incidents keep happening in front of the doctor.

If you have a fever, it can be cured with medicine, but if the cause of the fever is not treated, then you can get a fever again and again, right? This is a very common understanding. The same thing happened to Sapna. Taking antibiotics repeatedly did not get rid of the infection and the pus dried up there. Due to this, Sapna had a lump of pus under her tooth. The bone at the base of the tooth was also worn away.

Sapna's wish was to save the tooth. We started her root canal again but this time the infection had spread and a minor surgery was also required to create new bone. It took a lot of hard work to save the tooth but this time it took more time and cost. Along with that, the complexity and pain of the surgery also increased. It was different! Sapna said, "Sir, my neglect has cost me a lot." I said with a sigh, "Many times, dental treatment is easy, but our neglect makes it expensive."

Here it is obvious that I am recommending not to be careless, along with this I would also like to draw your attention to another invisible danger. I would also like to alert you about the misuse of antibiotics and the harm they cause. There is a misconception among us that "antibiotics will cure all diseases and, even if they are not effective, will not do any harm." This is rarely true. In many cases, and especially in dental problems, they can be helpful but are not a substitute for treatment.

Let us understand this matter in detail in the next article.