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absses dental pain

i have an absses in my top tooth it has become swollen and has made my cheek swell and is traveling up my face and my temple is now swollen. i am on amoxicillin for two days. im worried that it could be dangerous with the swelling on my face.  
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I also seem to have an abcessed tooth.  I have not yet been to the dentist and my face is swollen & very, very painful.  Haven't even been able to eat really.  I have been doing salt water and even peroxide swills, and have found two Levaquin pills lying around which I took.  I cannot get to the dentist as it is the weekend and I actually have financial issues as well.  I don't have a dentist I could just call to start antibiotics and am in extreme pain, even down into my neck and up from my cheek.  I have a ping pong sized knot of swelling about the tooth, my jaw line and cheek.  Is this something one could go to the ER for, or should I wait to see a dentist?  Please advise..
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Seeing a dentist to eliminate the source of infection is advised.the offending tooth is either endodontically treated or extracted.
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