A tooth abscess is a surgical problem, not a pharmaceutical one, so we need to stop pretending a bottle of pills can solve a ...

Imaging aided in the diagnosis of a 26-year-old man's very unusual infratemporal fossa abscess that developed in the lateral pterygoid, a masticatory muscle, following wisdom tooth extraction. The ...

Imaging helped lead to the diagnosis and treatment of a 2-year-old girl who developed the life-threatening condition orbital cellulitis due to a dental abscess. The details were published on April 9 ...

An abscess is a pus filled, swollen tissue. It is caused by a bacterial infection. The body’s response to the infection is sending white blood cells to fight the bacteria. This results in the ...

A gum boil is an abscess that develops on the gums. It looks like a swollen bump and mainly results from a bacterial infection beneath the surface of the gum. An abscess that develops on the gums is ...

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Graham Bell, 61, opened up about being diagnosed with a life-threatening brain abscess, which he contracted via a cracked tooth He wound up having a "life-saving brain surgery," after "a mass in [his] ...

"It was bizarre because I had no pain or swelling in my mouth to tell me there was something wrong," Graham Bell said of his cracked tooth Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.