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Dental Health (Expert Forum)
Just Wondering
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Questions in the Dental Health forum are answered by Dr. Jerome Tsang and Dr. Jerome Bogin. Topics covered include bridges, cavities, crowns, and x-rays.
Just Wondering
by mannon1970, Jul 01, 2009 07:01PM
what can a abscess tooth do to your body....what i am wondering what kind of damage... does it everywhere in the body?
Doctor's Answer
by Jerome Tsang, DDS, Jul 05, 2009 12:45PM
, Jul 05, 2009 12:45PMTo: mannon1970
A dental abscess can be a life threatening situation. The abscess can spread through your head and down your neck into the chest area. Worse scenario is that is spreads down into the neck and compresses your airway so you can't breathe or down into the chest and infects your heart. Another bad possibility is that its goes up and spread throughout your head towards the brain. If you feel that you have a dental abscess, the most important thing is to get it checked by a dentist and solve the problem before it worsens.
