Tooth abscess is a painful infection at the root of a tooth or between the gum and a tooth. It's most commonly caused by severe tooth decay.
What are the Symptoms of an Abscessed Tooth?
A toothache that is severe and continuous and results in gnawing or throbbing pain or sharp or shooting pain are common symptoms of an abscessed tooth. Other symptoms may include:
Treatment of an Abscessed tooth ?
Strategies to eliminate the infection, preserve the tooth, and prevent complications are the goals of treatment for an abscessed tooth.
To eliminate infection, the abscess may need to be drained. Achieving drainage may be done through the tooth by a procedure known as a root canal. Root canal surgery may also be recommended to remove any diseased root tissue after the infection has subsided. Then, a crown may be placed over the tooth.
The tooth may also be extracted, allowing drainage through the socket.
Finally, a third way to drain the abscess would be by incision into the swollen gum tissue
1. Whitening toothpastes: you can find them on the shelves of supermarkets , malls or pharmacies and contain bleaching and chemicals materials . Whitening toothpastes do not make deeply bleaching and you could not obtain the better results such as those obtained at the dentist. The whitening toothpastes can bleach your teeth one degree or less. The whitening at the dentist can secure whitening of teeth from three to eight degrees.
2. Home teeth whitening:
a) the dentist makes a special container according to your teeth size . this vessel allows to the maximum degree of contact between the teeth and bleach solution. teeth whitening solution placed into the container and left in the mouth at bedtime. This is the best home way to whiten teeth.
b) You can buy prefabricated container of the teeth, and this vessel is of one size for all, and is relatively effective but not like the one made by your dentist. Bleach solution is placed inside the bowl and left during sleep period in the mouth.
c) whitening strips : You can buy these strips in supermarkets or pharmacies, and put them on the front teeth twice a day for 30 minutes for two weeks, during which the materials located on the segment laundering teeth, and can live results of this bleaching period of four months.
3. Whitening at the dentist: better and faster means of teeth whitening, where the doctor uses materials severe bleaching, but does not affect the strength of the teeth, the doctor will put a protective layer of the gums around the teeth to avoid the effect of bleach it and then is put this material on the teeth directly. The laser can be used to accelerate the bleaching process.