Abcesses

[emmagleb]

Can you only get an abcess through an infected tooth root, or can they occur through any infected tissue? Trying to find out if I could have had one from my ear (as my teeth are perfectly healthy). Thanks

[RogerWilco]

Basically, an abcess IS infected tissue, so anywhere you got tissue, you can get an abscess - apart from teeth, ears and buttocks are common sites for abcesses

[qapmoc]

I don't know about your ear, but you can get infection from the sinus because the roots of some of the top teeth are very close to the front sinus cavity.

[rassling]

it's all connected - the ears and the sinuses and the areas around some teeth. so theoretically if you had a bacterial ear infection you could perhaps get a tooth abscess.