Q: What causes an abscessed tooth? A: In the center of each tooth is a small chamber called a pulp chamber. It's filled with a soft tissue made up of blood vessels and nerves that is called the pulp.

Regular brushing and flossing can help keep a painful gum abscess away. Is your child complaining of a sore tooth? Do they have redness and swelling along the tooth’s gumline? They could have an ...

WASHINGTON – Dental care cannot be left out of the national discussion on health, experts told lawmakers Tuesday in a House hearing prompted by last month's preventable death of a Maryland boy from an ...

Tooth abscesses are easily preventable in most cases and it doesn’t really require much effort. Dental treatment can work out to be extremely expensive and will also cause considerable discomfort.

When the inside of your mouth gets hurt or irritated, bacteria may enter and cause an infection. Sometimes you will see a painful swelling filled with pus — a thick, yellowish fluid. If the pus can’t ...

(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) Dental caries progresses in stages. Initially, it only dissolves the tooth structure, causing a chalky white appearance. This stage of caries is reversible. A pediatric dentist ...