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What Causes An Abscess In The Tooth?

My dentist thinks I may have an abscessed tooth because their is a cyst (pus filled) where I had a tooth extracted. It doesn t hurt, not sensitive to cold - x-ray is inconclusive, the tooth is not loose, I can eat withpout pain. My guess is - I got a piece of food caught where in that pocket 2 weeks ago. I swished with hydrogen peroxide and poked and pfrobed with my own dental instruments. In fact, if I hadn t poked - I don t think it would have gotten infected. The cyst has only been there about a week. My question is I have heart burn. I ve had it long before the cyst appeared. Could my heartburn be related to possible abscess and if I had an abscess for awhile - wouldn t I have known it?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Read your query abscees in tooth can be due to periodontal problem that is infection in your gums or ot could be due to carious tooth , decayed tooth causing periapical abscess . As you are asking about heart burn this heart burn could not be due to abscess .
If you have abscess in tooth then you should consult dental surgeon for examination of tooth and investigations of iopa xray to rule out the diagnosis .
Inmeantime do warm saline rinses 2 -3 times a day .

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What Causes An Abscess In The Tooth?

Hello, Thanks for consulting HCM Read your query abscees in tooth can be due to periodontal problem that is infection in your gums or ot could be due to carious tooth , decayed tooth causing periapical abscess . As you are asking about heart burn this heart burn could not be due to abscess . If you have abscess in tooth then you should consult dental surgeon for examination of tooth and investigations of iopa xray to rule out the diagnosis . Inmeantime do warm saline rinses 2 -3 times a day . Hope this will help you.