If you've ever had a tooth pulled, your dentist likely cautioned you about the risk of dry socket-a painful condition where ...

As with any surgery, complications can follow the removal of a wisdom tooth. The sections below look at some of these in more detail. When new bone is slower to grow in the empty socket ...

If you're dealing with major pain, swelling, or any signs of infection, don’t wait it out – get to a dentist as soon as you ...

Root canal treatment is required when the blood or nerve supply of the tooth (which effectively constitutes its brain) becomes infected through decay or injury. As a result, the tooth becomes ...

For one woman, a cracked tooth led to a deadly infection of one of her heart valves. Heidi Worfler, remembered feeling very lethargic and even became anemic before doctor’s discovered the root ...

Credit: Chenyao Liu Penn's School of Dental Medicine, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Perelman School of Medicine have worked together to create a new treatment option for apical ...

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Infected bug bites may require a course of antibiotics. Seek urgent medical treatment if you develop red skin streaks, the bite area spreads, your pain worsens, or you develop symptoms of sepsis ...

"Ultimately, this progresses to infection and destruction of the tooth socket. This kind of damage is irreversible and painful, often leading to the loss of teeth. The bacteria associated with ...