Can an infected tooth be extracted, will it have fatal consequences, should we use medication before tooth extraction? We often encounter questions like these. Before going into detail, it is useful to understand what inflammation is:
Due to advanced tooth decay or gum disease, microorganisms begin to spread to the tissues around the tooth. The immune system, which can normally easily cope with a small number of microorganisms, starts a war with an immediate reaction against a large number of microorganisms.
The body's defense system "surrounds and breaks" Since it works like this, the microorganism cluster is surrounded by tissue fluid. This event is seen as swelling of the tooth and an abscess is formed. The inflammation in the abscess is wanted to be expelled by the body and the abscess bursts at a point and the pus in the abscess is expelled. The point where the abscess opens is called a fistula.
The ones up to this stage are called acute (painful) abscess. If the factor causing the inflammation is not eliminated, that is, if the tooth is not treated, this condition becomes chronic. The tooth swells, goes down, then swells again, goes down again. This is also a chronic abscess.
If there is a rapidly developing condition with signs of infection, antibiotic support should be given first before extraction. At the same time, the factor causing the infection, such as tooth decay, should be cleaned as much as possible. It is wrong to give antibiotics without any intervention.
If the condition of the infected tooth has become chronic, that is, if there is a tooth that has been decayed for a long time and an inflamed tooth that constantly swells and then goes down, swells again after a while and then goes down again, the relevant tooth can be extracted immediately without the need for antibiotics. If necessary, antibiotics may be given after the extraction to prevent inflammation and abscesses from developing again.
