A dental abscess is an infection at the base of a tooth. It means a pocket of pus has formed at the tip of a tooth root in your jaw bone. A symptomatic edematous inflammatory process that spreads diffusely through connective tissue and fascial planes; frequently associated with an infection by invasive microorganisms with subsequent breakdown of connective tissue. More serious infections spread to the face. This causes your face to swell (cellulitis). Immediate treatment involves antibiotic therapy for cellulitis, perhaps with drainage of abscesses, while definitive treatment requires root canal therapy or extraction of the involved tooth. Pericoronitis is an inflammation of the soft tissue overlying a partially erupted tooth. Localized cases respond to irrigation.

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