It’s easy to forget that we should floss every day — and that we should follow up with our dentist at least twice a year. However, it may become a lot easier to make these things a priority if you are ...

Share on Pinterest Inflammation from a sinus infection can put pressure on nerves, causing tooth pain. Sinuses are cavities that are filled with air. Small hairs called cilia line the sinuses. Cilia ...

Your teeth may hurt due to a tooth fracture, cavity, broken filling, or an abscess in your mouth. Grinding or clenching your teeth at night may also cause tooth pain. Getting a sinus infection can ...

A sinus infection can spread to the brain, although this is rare. People require immediate medical treatment if a sinus infection reaches the brain. Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses and ...

A pathogen detection test based on artificial intelligence (AI) was used to diagnose a patient's rare progressive brain abscess caused by a dental infection. Details were published on July 26 in a ...

As sniffle season sets in, sinus infections are among the most common illnesses seen in doctors’ offices. For most people, they’re nothing more than an inconvenience and a few days of congestion, but, ...

It's respiratory virus season — and between RSV, the flu and COVID-19, there’s no shortage of contagious viruses making people cough, sneeze and ache right now. And if you've got a stuffy nose, you ...

Our patient’s dental sinus was a form of cervicofacial actinomycosis, the most common Actinomyces infection in humans. Cervicofacial actinomycosis (or “lumpy jaw”) is typically a slowly progressive ...

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.

Cutaneous dental (or odontogenic) sinus tracts are uncommon occurrences in which a channel forms from a dental focus of infection to a drainage site on the skin of the face or neck. Odontogenic sinus ...