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What is the cause of periapical abscesses?

Periapical abscesses are almost always caused by refined sugar, sugary foods, which are almost always blamed on "poor dental hygiene". The main issue is that refined sugar and sugary foods feed the plaque bacteria (the bad bacteria) such as Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacilli, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Actinomyces viscosus, Nocardia spp and Streptococcus mutans.

Chances are your tooth decay was caused by you yourself when you started feeding your bad bacteria, whenever you ate refined sugar and sugary foods, you kept feeding your bad bacteria. Then dental plaque was formed. And, through dental caries (cavities) the plaque bacteria gradually infected the pulp chamber, where pulpitis (inflammation of the dental pulp) occured. And, when the infection reached your alveolar bone (jaw bone), a periapical abscess was formed.

What is the cause of the periodontal abscess?

Periodontal abscesses are caused by the a build-up of bacteria in the periodontal pockets (in the gum pockets).

It all starts with refined sugar, or sugary foods. Why? Because tooth decay occurs whenever you eat refined sugar or foods made with refined sugar. If you practice poor dental hygiene, plaque is formed. And then it's the plaque bacteria that cause periodontitis (gum disease), and the gum disease manifests itself as redness and swelling.

Then the gum gradually separates from the base of your tooth. And then periodontal "in the gum" pockets are formed that are very difficult to keep clean. They allow the plaque bacteria to enter and spread.

What is the significance of periodontal disease?

Periodontal disease is significant because most people lose their teeth to periodontal disease, not tooth decay.

What is wrong with your root canal?

How can you treat an abscessed tooth? From the x-ray you can usually tell that there is nothing wrong with your root canal. And no, more often than not, your root canal is not dead. Therefore, stop selling yourself on the foolish idea that a root canal treatment is any kind of necessity. So, how can you treat an abscessed tooth? Avoid the root canal treatment when you're about to treat an abscessed tooth.

What seems to be the problem?

What is an abscessed tooth, and what seems to be the problem?
As to the reason why you have the abscessed tooth, dentists often blame it on the tooth next to the abscess. Why? Because they want to do a root canal. Why? Because there is a lot of money in it for them.

However, instead of allowing your dentist to make a decision for you, you want to ask for a single x-ray before you ask for anything else.

And then, based on a the x-ray, you might be able to tell right away that there is nothing wrong with your root canal.

Reading x-rays is not rocket science. As to reading x-rays, with a little practice, you can be just as good as your dentist.

Show your x-ray to a friend, if you've never seen an x-ray before, or if you're unsure of your ability to read x-rays. Or, alternatively, post the x-ray online and allow people to comment on it.
So, how can you treat an abscessed tooth? Get an x-ray first, before you treat the abscessed tooth. ...More >>

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