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Top 7 Abscessed Tooth Dangers
Dentists call it “tooth abscess“. At first abscess looks like a swelled area that turned red. It hurts and you can feel how the temperature increased. An abscessed tooth must be treated. If it is ignored then complications are inevitable.
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Root canal is the canal that runs inside the root of the tooth. It contains the nerves and blood vessels inside the tooth. Root canal is also procedure of removing of disease and injury of the tooth pulp (nerve inside the tooth), cleaning, filling and sealing the remaining space.
An abscessed tooth is a tooth that has a pocket of pus in the tissues around or beneath it. A bacterial infection or gum disease (gingivitis or periodontitis) may cause the bone surrounding the tooth to dissolve and an abscess to form. Not surprisingly, abscessed teeth are usually very painful. You may feel a shooting or throbbing pain every time you bite or chew.
A root abscess typically originates from dead pulp tissue, usually caused by untreated tooth decay, cracked teeth or extensive periodontal disease. A failed root canal treatment, may also create a similar abscess.



