An abscessed tooth is a serious dental infection that develops around the root of a tooth, resulting in a pus-filled pocket. This condition can affect people of all ages and typically stems from ...

The primary treatment for a tooth abscess is always surgical: drainage, root canal, or extraction. Antibiotics alone cannot cure an abscess because they can’t remove the source of the infection.

A young Sacramento father of two has died after a sore tooth led to a full-blown infection that spread his lungs. Fox 40 reported that Vadim Kondratyuk Anatoliyevich, a 26-year-old long-haul trucker, ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

More than a year has passed since Deamonte Driver was hospitalized after bacteria from an untreated dental abscess spread to his brain. He underwent two brain surgeries and weeks of treatment last ...