DrBicuspid

Man develops rare abscess in chewing muscle after extraction

Imaging aided in the diagnosis of a 26-year-old man's very unusual infratemporal fossa abscess that developed in the lateral pterygoid, a masticatory muscle, following wisdom tooth extraction. The ...
The Daily Dot

‘I was on life support for seven days’: Woman gets tooth pulled. Then she has to have open-heart surgery

A woman is sending a PSA about dental care after an infected tooth landed her on life support for a week. Featured Video In a TikTok with over 691,000 views, content creator @thefinemethod shares her ...
DrBicuspid

Dental abscess germ causes rare carotid artery aneurysm

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 ...
WRAL

Teen lucky to be alive after oral surgery results in sepsis

Most infections heal, but for a Burlington teenager, an infection went quickly out of control following wisdom tooth surgery. Times are happier for Tykitha Isley and her 15-year-old daughter Ayanna ...
AOL

Man Had No Symptoms Suggesting His Cracked Tooth Was Infected. He Was Then Diagnosed with a Life-Threatening Brain Abscess

A British man is speaking out about being diagnosed with a life-threatening brain abscess after a crack in his tooth became infected. Graham Bell, 61, and his wife Sue, who are based in Wirral in the ...