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tooth abscess and swollen cheek

i have a couple of questions about abscesses. last week i developed an abcsess in my tooth. my cheek became very swollen. the doctor said the infection from the abscess had passed from my tooth into my cheek. they put me on keeflex. within 24 hours about 60% of the swelling in my cheek had subsided. i am now on day 6 of a 10 days worth of the keeflex. my questions are how exactly does the infection from the abscess get into your cheek and even though i am now on day 6 of my medication there is still some swelling in my cheek that feels hard to the touch. all the pain from the infection as been gone for some days now and i did notice a little more improvement in the cheek today, but how long should it take for the swelling to completely go away?
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My tooth was broke and the infection spread to my jaw. It swell so much it looked like I had an Orange inside my mouth. It hurt so bad it then spread to my neck and I started having problems breathing. They started iv antibiotics thru iv right away it took four days to get something to work and now I.am at home with a picc line for two weeks to do antibiotic.   It was very scaring. If something might be wrong go to the dentist. This is just awful. If I had gone to the dentist I could have saved me a lot of hospital bills.  
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