Dental abscesses are pockets of infection that develop in the soft tissues around a tooth. If left untreated, the bacteria within an abscess can spread further into surrounding tissues and bones, possibly leading to serious complications. Here is an explanation of the diagnosis and treatment of dental abscesses.
Diagnosis
Pain while chewing is often the first sign that people with a dental abscess will notice. Abscesses can also be accompanied by a high fever, swelling and redness of the gums, or swelling of the glands in the neck.
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Living with missing teeth can be difficult, which is why you might be thinking about getting dental implants. Unfortunately, the minute you read that dental implants can take months to place and run a small risk of failing, you might start rethinking your decision to invest in implants. Fortunately, scientists and dental implant manufacturers are concerned about these same issues, which is why emerging dental implant technology is more exciting than ever.
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If you have an infected tooth and your dentist has scheduled a root canal treatment for you, then you should know that the procedure is probably necessary. The root canal will help to get rid of the infected material inside the tooth to prevent the spread of the infection and to save the tooth itself. Root canals are standard, and dentists perform 41,000 root canals a day and around 15 million treatments a year.
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Dental implants can be a great way of replacing teeth for a variety of reasons: they're stronger than natural teeth, they don't decay, so you won't get cavities, and they're durable. While there are a lot of strengths to having dental implants, there are a variety of things that can cause them to fail. They're an expensive procedure to have done, and while they're strong and durable when done successfully, they also require some care to ensure they won't fail you and end up costing you even more time and money to repair in the future.
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If you have had healthy teeth most of your life, then a sudden increase in cavities or dental decay can leave you wondering what you are doing wrong. If you haven't changed your brushing, flossing, or eating habits, then it may be time to become a dental detective and look into seemingly unrelated new habits that could give you clues into why your perfect oral health is suddenly declining. Here are three habits that may be affecting your teeth in strange ways.
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