Poor oral hygiene can lead to various dental issues, including tooth abscess, which is a bacterial infection characterised by swelling in the gums that releases pus and blood. It can either occur at ...

The primary treatment for a tooth abscess is always surgical: drainage, root canal, or extraction. Antibiotics alone cannot cure an abscess because they can’t remove the source of the infection.

Geraint Mullins explains how popping a spot put him in hospital with sepsis A man who nearly died from sepsis after popping a spot on his neck is warning others about the dangers of the potentially ...

A girl who grew a "witch-like" chin after a chipped tooth turned into a massive abscess has been awarded more than £5,000 compensation. Emily Smith’s ordeal began when she visited the dentist as a six ...

A man who nearly died from sepsis after popping a spot on his neck is warning others about the dangers of the potentially deadly condition. Geraint Mullins, 24, from Newport, was at home watching TV ...