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It's serious stuff. After getting an infection at the root of my tooth i'm now finding out about what happens. I have been lucky that i had no pain from this but thats because i have already had the nerve taken out of that tooth. The only thing that alerted me to the problem other than my dentist was random deafness in my right ear (same side as the infection).
I have now found out that the infection has gone into the jawbone. As everyone else has said the infection gets into your blood stream and can cause other problems. I hope it doesn't get that far for me, i'm off the hospital to have dental surgery next week to have the infection removed. Getting it removed is no easy task, as i have already said the infection is in the jawbone this means scraping out the infection from it. Cut open gums, drilling and blood doesn't sound like a nice day for me.
My advice sort out dental problems before they get that far.
wish me good luck - one week today i should be infection free.
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