Tooth abscess
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Tooth abscess
Alternate Names : Periapical abscess, Dental abscess, Tooth infection, Abscess - tooth
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Tooth abscess Symptoms
Review Date: 05/28/2008
Reviewed By: Jason S. Baker, DMD, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Private Practice, Yonkers, New York. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
A tooth abscess is a complication of tooth decay. It may also result from trauma to the tooth, such as when a tooth is broken or chipped. Openings in the tooth enamel allow bacteria to infect the center of the tooth (the pulp).
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What is a tooth abscess?
A tooth abscess is a collection of pus around an infected tooth. There are 2 types of dental abscess: ...
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Sometimes, the interior of a tooth, called the pulp, can become infected. If the infected tooth is located in the upper jaw, then aching of the face and head may result. The pain can be intense.
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A tooth abscess is a collection of infected material (pus) resulting from a bacterial infection in the center of a tooth.
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Tooth abscess: What are the symptoms?
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A tooth abscess formation has a lot to do with personal oral hygiene, meaning that the cleaner you keep your mouth, the less chance you have that an abscess will form. An abscess is an infection that develops between a tooth and the gum.
A tooth abscess is a sac of pus (infected material) in a tooth or the gums. There are two types of tooth abscesses:
Abscess of the pulp (blood and nerve supply inside the tooth)
Abscess between the tooth and gum
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For tooth abscess, root canal therapy may be recommended in an attempt to preserve the tooth. The center of the tooth including the nerve and vascular tissue (pulp) may be removed along with decayed portions of the tooth.
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When a tooth abscesses or has a pulp (nerve) exposure due to decay or trauma, root canal therapy or endodontic treatment is performed so that the damaged tooth may remain in the mouth and be saved.
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the infected patient has a tooth abscess or a tooth extraction and the endogenous organism becomes established in the traumatized tissue and causes a suppurative infection.
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Pain is usually not a symptom, which partly explains why the disease may become advanced before treatment is sought and why some patients avoid treatment even after periodontitis is diagnosed.
For toothaches caused by a tooth abscess, the dentist may recommend antibiotic therapy and other treatments, like root canal.
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Dentist: your child will meet with her own dentist or one here at the hospital. The goal is to treat any cavities, infections or tooth abscesses before transplant, ...
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Cavities are usually painless until they grow very large and affect nerves or cause a tooth fracture. If left untreated, a tooth abscess can develop.
If caries are allowed to continue to progress, much more of the tooth structure will be lost and there is an increased risk of loss of the entire tooth and infection such as a tooth abscess.
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