Tooth abscess

Abstract: Dental sepsis is one potential cause of persistent fever that can escape detection. A patient with febrile episodes due to an occult tooth abscess of 2 years' duration is described. A search of the English-language literature revealed 20 other cases of fever of obscure origin arising from dental sources. This diagnosis may be suggested by repeated questioning of the patient about his or her medical history, repeated physical examination, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or a history of failure to respond to antibiotic therapy. Dental infection is unlikely in patients who have a white blood cell count of > 11 x 10(9)/L, a temperature of > 39.5 degrees C, or positive blood cultures. The diagnosis may be made by repeated focused clinical examination, dental roentgenography, or radiolabeled leukocyte scintigraphy. Detection of dental sepsis is worthwhile since the febrile condition can be cured in all instances by tooth extraction and abscess drainage, with or without concurrent antibiotic therapy.

Abstract: Case Description—A 1-year-old sexually intact female Netherland dwarf rabbit was examined because of a 3-week history of signs of lethargy, decreased appetite, left unilateral exophthalmia, a previous draining sinus from a left maxillary facial abscess, and bilateral nasal discharge. Clinical Findings—The rabbit weighed 1.0 kg (2.2 lb) and had a body condition score of 1.5/5. Physical examination revealed generalized muscle atrophy, bilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, and severe left-sided exophthalmia. Diagnostic investigation revealed anemia, neutrophilia, severe dental disease, a superficial corneal ulcer of the left eye, and a retrobulbar abscess. Treatment and Outcome—Stomatoscopy-aided dental trimming, tooth removal, and abscess debridement were performed. Antimicrobials were flushed into the tooth abscess cavity, and antimicrobial treatment was initiated on the basis of cytologic findings and results of bacterial culture and susceptibility testing.Two months after the initial surgery, minimal e...

Abstract: All over the world a large number of people suffer from tooth diseases like dental caries, tooth abscess, and plaques Tooth loss or damage, which occurs frequently in our society are generally repaired by applying several conventional methods, such as root-canal treatment, direct pulp capping and dental implants These methods are quite painful, create damage to the surrounding tooth tissues and also may at times have adverse side-effects The limitations of the conventional methods can be overcome by applying the concept of tooth tissue engineering Tooth tissue engineering is the application of biosciences and engineering to regenerate a biofunctional tooth, which can be used to replace the missing tooth or repair the damaged tooth Tissue engineering involves three key elements - cell, scaffold and growth factors, which interact with each other to regenerate a specific tissue The success of tissue engineering depends on the proper selection of these three key elements and understanding the interactions among them To bring us close to the realization of a tissue-engineered tooth, immense progress is going on in understanding how tooth is first developed, and there is a good advancement in tooth regeneration In this review, “tooth tissue engineering” will be discussed, along with the recent advancements and challenges in bring a biofunctional tooth from laboratory out into clinical use