A dentist may prescribe antibiotics, and they may need to drain the abscess. There are two types of gum boils. One type is more serious, and it forms closer to the tooth. The underlying infection ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is ...

Delaying treatment can lead to serious complications, including tooth loss and infection spread. While a gum abscess and a periodontal abscess may share similar symptoms, their causes, severity, and ...

100 for crater and furcation. [15] Similarly Vandenberghe et al. [14] and Misch et al. [5] also found a %100 perfect of detection rate of periodontal defects. Our results are different than their ...

The history of chewing gum can be traced back to the Mayans of Mesoamerica. Above: Bubble gum is seen for sale in a machine. Beaver Machine Corporation I don’t think I have chewed gum more than ...

I can’t say enough good things about this practice. I have severe dental anxiety and every single person I encountered during my two visits did their best to make me feel at ease. I was greeted ...

A toothache is mild to severe pain in or around your teeth and jaws. It may indicate that you have a tooth or gum concern. If you have a toothache, it’s important to figure out what’s at the ...

Like Violet Beaureguard, the avid gum chewer in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," Curt Mueller hopes to find out just how much shelf life a piece of gum really has. A piece of Bazooka bubble ...

Nine weeks later a periodontal abscess developed. This was successfully treated with penicillin and erythromycin, and prednisone dosage was increased to 80 mg. per day. Within 2 weeks a ...

Sometimes the cause of a lump on your jaw is revealed by routine dental X-rays, especially if the cause is related to your wisdom teeth or an abscessed tooth. In cases where the lump on your jaw ...