“Is an abscess tooth serious?”

An abscessed tooth can be serious. My question for you. Why would want to walk around with an infection that will only get worse and could be serious? Call your dentist and get it treated as soon as possible!

An abscessed tooth is an active infection in your face and can potentially cause sepsis in your body if it remains untreated. Abscessed teeth generally start to hurt with pressure sensitivity that progresses to a constant ache. Relief from the ache will happen if the infection works its way out though a fistula and the infection will leak into the mouth. The patient will have a bad taste in the mouth coupled with bad breath. The good new here is that it will no longer be life threatening. However, you will probably be less popular with friends and family. The abscess can become life threatening if the fistula works it way to other parts of the body that do not have an adequate release point like muscle tissue, eye sockets, and skin. The bottom line is that you do not want to mess with an active infection in your body and risk sepsis. You should take care of the abscess as soon as possible.

If you are having symptoms, it could be serious - call your dentist immediately for advise. If you are not having symptoms, treat the tooth as soon as possible to reduce the risk of having serious symptoms. Either way, see your dentist.

Very. Aside from pain and swelling, eventually can cause a cavitation in the bone that can lead to all kinds of disease and maladies. Have it removed at the least. Place an implant if you can afford it or a bridge. I would not recommend an implant, even though your dentist might. Watch the movie called "Root Cause"

Alan B. Steiner, DMD

Hi

It depends on how you define serious. If you think excruciating pain is serious, then it is serious. If you think that hospitalization and even death is serious, then it is serious. Dental abscesses do not go away by themselves. They should be treated by a dentist as soon as possible.

Scott M. Dubowsky, DMD

It's not good. You need to fix it for your overall health. Root canal or take it out - those are the choices.

Yes it can be