Treatment
Tooth Abscess
Prompt care for a painful dental infection, draining it and treating the source to protect your health.
A tooth abscess is a pocket of infection at the root of a tooth or in the gums. It needs prompt care because it can spread if left untreated.
Your dentist drains the infection, relieves the pressure and pain, and treats the cause with a root canal, antibiotics, or an extraction as needed.
Treatment clears the infection, stops it from spreading, ends the pain, and protects your overall health.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about tooth abscess.
Anyone with throbbing pain, swelling, a bad taste, or a pimple like bump on the gum should be seen quickly.
The priority is relieving pressure and pain. The team keeps you comfortable while they treat the infection.
An urgent visit to relieve the abscess is usually prompt, with follow up treatment to address the source.
An abscess will not heal on its own. Swelling that spreads to the face or neck needs immediate care.
Pain often eases soon after the infection is drained. Your dentist outlines any follow up to fully clear it.
