What are some effective treatments for a tooth abcess?

my sister has an abcess in her tooth and i want to know if there are any treatments over the counter . i need to know if there are any ways to treat this because she doesnt have health/dental insurance? and she is on a very tight budget. Please help! Thanks
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There is no over the counter way to fix it. And she does need to get it taken care of quickly. But there is a alternative to dental insurance. There is something called a Dental Discount Plan. The difference is that they are cheap (roughly $7 dollars a month) and they start immediately and cover any pre existing condition. It still is going to cost money to get the abscess taken care of, but it can probably help out with quite a bit of the cost. I disagree with Helen G that insurance is the best route for you. For health, yes insurance is the way to go and not a discount plan. BUT with dental, Discount plans are the best way to go in my opinion. Dental Insurance is expensive, has a deductible you have to pay, and they have a low maximum for the year. I had a friend who had both dental insurance and a discount dental plan, and the discount plan was saving him more on procedures than his much more expensive insurance was. So obviously he got rid of the dental insurance and stuck with his discount plan for dental. If you are trying to keep it as cheap as possible the plan at www.1dental.com is the cheapest, and you can pay for the plan monthly, and it normally cuts the price by about 50% or more at the general dentists office. But there are some other good ones that you can check out online. I know that is a lot, but i hope that helps.
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