TCP took several layers off my gum, what do?

So I mentioned this in the June Chat thread a few days ago but I'd be better off asking here.
Basically I have a root infection on one of my teeth and I have till the end of next month to get rid of it or face a root canal, I've tried different methods to treat it (just leaving it alone, bongela, salt water) and found the only really effective method was cotton buds soaked in TCP, though this was getting rid of a fair bit of the infection 2 weeks of putting TCP on my gum has had an unexpected drawback, it's took off some layers from the surface of my gum and the other day one of the bits of gum that holds my cheek tightly to the gym basically split (it looks like I have a sand dune formation in my mouth or something), there was no blood or anything but now my mouth can expand more on one side than the other (say I close my teeth together and try and make a huge grin the mouth opens in a way where you can see into one side more than the other because of the gum deterioration).

I already have to see my dentist on the 28th of July so there is no point trying to get an appointment (they are very limited at my dentist) so my main question is this, if I just leave my gum alone for long enough will it just repair itself? Are there any gels or anything that will let my gum heal faster? At this point I'm probably going to have to have a root canal anyway so I just want to stop my gum from being messed up.

EDIT: The more I look at it and feel it the more it seems to me that the gum has just sunken in, in which case it should just heal back, it could be it felt like the gum had split because it has sunk in a bit, I should probably wait a few days to see what happens.

I'm not a doctor, but if there was no bleeding sounds like the gum already "healed" itself before fallingnoff your cheek. Or whatever happened. So I would be tempted to say leaving it alone would do nothing.

I am a doctor so I know these things.

Go to the doctor, if it's anything serious they'll probably get you a dentist appointment themselves.

Stop using TCP, it's fine to use for short periods of time but as you've discovered long term use can damage the flesh/skin.

Try using Oraldine mouthwash.

[iup=3498655]Ironhide[/iup] wrote:Stop using TCP, it's fine to use for short periods of time but as you've discovered long term use can damage the flesh/skin.

Try using Oraldine mouthwash.

I've just stopped using things on it altogether.