Many people don’t realize the difference between a dental abscess and an infection.
Key takeaways:
– A tooth infection develops when some kind of trauma or decay results in a dead nerve within the tooth.
– A tooth infection that’s treated in time will not progress to an abscess.
– An abscess can cause complications like gum, nerve, and tissue damage.
Prompt treatment by a dentist is essential in both cases. See a dentist regularly, twice a year, to get early diagnosis and treatment.
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I’m Matthew Houlton, principal dentist and practice owner of Manor House Dental Practice.
Qualified from Sheffield dental hospital in 1993.
Post graduate training with Paul Tipton (Specialist Prosthodontist) from 2005-2007.
Diploma for Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) 2007.
Special interest in Orthodontics.
Yorkshire Deanary Fixed Appliance Training Scheme 2002-2004.
I have worked at York Hospital’s orthodontic department one session a week since 2009.
Member of the British Society of Occlusal Studies (the study of temporomandibular disorder).
I have two children, who keep me busy when I am not at the practice. I take a keen interest in and teach Aikido, a martial art, to keep a healthy mind and body.