Dental infection

 

It is important to pay attention to oral hygiene to avoid tooth infections. Bacteria or microbes tend to affect the surrounding tissues or the jaw bone causing tooth infections if oral hygiene is not maintained properly. A tooth is easily infected when there is broken enamel; this happens if one has a broken tooth. Body’s defense mechanism cannot stop the tooth from decaying; if the infected tooth goes untreated the infection might spread to the adjoining teeth and the jaws.

There are different causes for tooth infection, mostly occurs when the bacterial activity in the tooth tissues increases. Tooth decay is one of the causes, this occurs when bacteria attacks the tissues within the tooth through the oral cavities if any present. Tooth abscess occurs when the jaw bone supporting the tooth gets infected when this happens puss gets accumulated inside the tooth.

This condition may not result in pain and may not be discovered for a long period of time after the infection has spread.  If the infection is severe then it can also cause fever, nausea, vomiting etc. signs of the infection may include swelled gums, cavities, gum inflammation, pus drain etc. 
One may experience bad breath, bad taste in the mouth if suffering from an infection.

Loss of appetite, tooth discoloration, swelling of jaws and face, ear ache etc is few symptoms experienced by the sufferer. Anti biotic and pain killers are used to treat the inflammation later followed by root canal procedures are used to treat the infection, one may also rinse mouth with salt water to reduce the pain caused due to the infection.

Oral examine and x-rays are done to check for the severity of the infection. Root canal procedure removes the infected the tissue in the tooth, later a dentist may fill it up with metal rods. In cases of very severe infection one might have to get their infected tooth extracted. In order to avoid the spreading of the infection or tooth extraction one may have to seek medical assistance if experiencing symptoms of any dental infections.