A simply enormous saltwater crocodile in Australia is unwell with a "very swollen" tooth abscess. The croc, who measures some 14.5 feet long, has been dubbed Scarface by the Solar Whisper Daintree ...

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.

Ludwig angina occurs when a bacterial infection in your teeth or jaw causes symptoms like tongue swelling, tooth pain, neck pain, and difficulty breathing or swallowing. This condition is named after ...

Tooth pain is one of those symptoms that’s hard to ignore because it can interfere with eating, sleeping, and even thinking ...

Body swellings can arise due to fluid collection, tissue overgrowth, among many other reasons (Picture Credit: Canva) An abnormal enlargement or raised area in any part of the body is a swelling, ...

Imaging aided in the diagnosis of a 26-year-old man's very unusual infratemporal fossa abscess that developed in the lateral pterygoid, a masticatory muscle, following wisdom tooth extraction. The ...