Tooth pain may be caused by conditions like a sinus or mouth infection, or dental issues like a cavity or broken filling.

Extracting infected teeth before cardiovascular surgery may be a dangerous move, reported Medical News Today. Currently, removing abscessed or infected teeth before heart surgery is standard practice, ...

It’s easy to forget that we should floss every day — and that we should follow up with our dentist at least twice a year. However, it may become a lot easier to make these things a priority if you are ...

Submasseteric abscess is an unusual complication of dental extraction. 1 The clinical signs of cheek tenderness and marked trismus are non-specific and can make the diagnosis difficult. The ...

Root canal treatment (endodontics) is a dental procedure to remove inflamed or infected pulp on the inside of the tooth, which is then carefully cleaned and disinfected then filled and sealed.

Evolution has rendered wisdom teeth, also called third molars, unnecessary in humans. If trapped in the gums, impacted wisdom teeth may lead to dental problems such as pain, infection or misalignment ...

September 9, 2011 — An unemployed man died last week because he couldn't afford treatment for his infected third molar, according to news reports. Citing physicians and family remembers, Cincinnati's ...

A 54-year-old healthy woman was diagnosed with a rare case of infective endocarditis after developing an acute ischemic stroke five weeks after having a tooth extracted. The case report was published ...