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Dental infection

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  • caries - decay of the teeth by bacterial lactic acid

  • pulpitis - dental caries has eroded into the central pulp of the tooth

  • periodontitis - infection of the gum immediately around a tooth caused directly or secondary to pulpitis

  • apical or periapical abscess - abscess at or around the root of a tooth - 'gum boil'

  • osteitis of the jaw - infection of the jaw from the retained root of a broken tooth after incomplete extraction

  • pericoronitis - infection of the soft tissues around the crown of a partially or completely unerupted tooth, especially a wisdom tooth

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