Dental
Abscesses:
 A dental abscess can
cause pain in the face (usually from an upper tooth), or pain in the
area of the lower jaw (mandible) - (usually from a lower tooth), due to
a build up of pressure from an infection which is emanating from the
pulp chamber of the tooth, causing pressure along tissue planes. The
pain can be quite severe. This type of situation can also occur
from other infections within the mouth, particularly from those related
to the peridontium (gum region), and impacted wisdom teeth; but are
much less common in occurrence. You should
seek advice from a dentist urgently to get the abscess drained. It may
be possible to drain the pus through the tooth itself so the tooth can
be saved (root canal treatment). If not, the tooth will
need to be extracted to prevent the abscess from recurring. The
appearance of a patient with this type of infection is quite obvious,
and must be treated quickly with
antibiotics. Fortunately, most infections in the oral
tissues are diagnosed and treated before spreading, and drain away into
the mouth.
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