 [ Symptoms ] what happens if an abscessed tooth is extracted  my husband had an abcess at the root of a wisdom tooth the dentist did not do an x ray nor did the pesrcribe antibiotics the extracted the tooth and now he is in worst pain and it has been 7 12 hours and his gum is still bleeding [ Disease ] no there are no blood tests used to diagnose gallstones gallstones are typically diagnosed by ultrasound or an x ray gall bladder series