Courtesy: Eastman Dental Institute
www. eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Once
the pulp is infected, there is no place for the infection to move
except through the bottom of the root. This leads to abscesses in the
soft tissue surrounding the tooth. The technical term is acute
periapical periodontitis.
The swelling associated with abscesses can be alarming, but can be remedied by removing the tooth and draining the exudate (puss).
Further spread of the infection into the surrounding bone can cause osteomyelitis or cellulitis, but this is rare.
(Cawson, Odell 1991)
The swelling associated with abscesses can be alarming, but can be remedied by removing the tooth and draining the exudate (puss).
Further spread of the infection into the surrounding bone can cause osteomyelitis or cellulitis, but this is rare.
(Cawson, Odell 1991)
Courtesy:
www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0418.htm
Courtesy:
www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/PTHL501/PA/c_pa_31.html
Radiograph of teeth with caries and a periapical abscess
Impaction can lead to decay and abscess of the tooth and its neighbors.
Radiograph of teeth with caries and a periapical abscess
Impaction can lead to decay and abscess of the tooth and its neighbors.
Abscesses
cause swelling in the face
Abscesses 'burrow' out into the oral cavity, much like cloacas in infections of the long bones. In the archaeological record, abscesses can be determined by a round hole with smooth edges located at the tip of the root. Post-mortem erosion of the alveolus also looks like this but will leave a much more irregular hole.
(Brothwell 1981)