Luke Woodhouse, 35, tells PEOPLE he “didn’t fully appreciate” the connection between oral health and cardiovascular health ...

An untreated tooth infection can spread to other tissues in your body within weeks or months and lead to potentially life threatening complications. While rare, it is possible for a tooth infection to ...

A 53-year-old woman was treated for a rare mycotic internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm that developed when a dental abscess-linked germ infected the artery, according to a case report published in ...

What Is an Abscessed Tooth? An abscessed tooth is one that is infected in or around the root, creating a pocket of pus. Anyone, from children to the elderly, can get one. If you have one, it won’t get ...

A toothache that lingers is easy to dismiss, but sometimes, it signals something far more serious. Some dental infections may start as a slight discomfort and rapidly get worse without treatment, ...