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Modern dental techniques now allow our patients to straighten and whiten teeth within mere hours. 

The procedure painless and is called laminate veneers. It is more aesthetically accurate and up to 40% more cost effective than porcelain veneers. Laminate veneers are longer lasting than porcelain alternatives. layers of fine veneer are added to a tooth in a controlled manner allowing the dentist to sculpt, color and tone your teeth.

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Emergency periapical abscess


Definition

Periapical by definition refers to the apex or root of a tooth. As such a periapical abscess indicates that an abscess has occured at the tooth root, and it may leak into the gum like a 'gum boil', or spread through the soft tissue causing major swelling in the face and neck.  It may resemble gingival and periodontal abscess emergency

Symptoms

A periapical abscess emergency is identifiable by acute tooth ache and an obvious elevation in the tooth it surrounds.  This happens when the chronic non-healed abscess has now become infected.  The patient will suffer acute pain when chewing on the side and find it extremely tender to touch even by the tongue.

Is it an emergency?

Sometimes the onset is rapid.  The spread of the infection causes rapid swelling in the face or neck area (cellulites).  The swelling from the infected upper teeth may cause the closing of the lower eye lid, and in the case of the lower teeth, it may cause swelling down the side of the neck.  These are serious conditions and it will require urgent treatment to prevent other major health risk.

 

Example of an externally visable periapical abscess emergency

  

Example of an internal periapical abscess emergency

 External Periapical Abscess Emergency  Internal Periapical Abscess Emergency

Emergency Periapical Abscess Emergency

Emergency Patient with  Periapical Abscess
Swelling to the Face and neck shown

 

How do Bondi Dental treat an abscess?

Treatment can be administered by a combination of the following:

1) Local anesthetics to minimize pain
2) Drainage of the abscess if possible
3) Tooth extraction if justified
4) Antibiotic prescription

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