Hi All! Hoping some fellow tattlers may be able to put my mind at ease. After years of on and off trouble with a lower molar, my dentist has advised nothing else can be done to save the tooth and it has to come out. It seems when it was root canal-ed seven years ago a small pocket was left at the root, which has now formed an infection and a tract up to the gum. I’ve had an abscess on the gum now for a few weeks and was given antibiotics from the dentist on Friday. The tooth has a crown on it, so don’t know what difference that will make. I am a VERY nervous patient and I’m bricking myself ahead of the extraction (tomorrow). Does anyone have any experience or advice for before/during/after?