Successful treatment of a<unk>  centers on the reduction and elimination of the offending organisms. This can include treatment with antibiotics and drainage, however, it has become widely recommended that dentists should improve the antibiotic prescribing practices, by limiting the prescriptions to the acute cases that suffer from the severe signs of spreading infection, in an attempt to overcome the development of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains in the population. A 2018 Cochrane review has found insufficient evidence to rule out if patients with acute<unk> es can benefit from antibiotic prescriptions. If the tooth can be restored, root canal therapy can be performed. Non-restorable teeth must be extracted, followed by curettage of all apical soft tissue. Unless they are symptomatic, teeth treated with root canal therapy should be evaluated at 1- and 2-year intervals after the root canal therapy to rule out possible lesional enlargement and to ensure appropriate healing. Abscesses may fail to heal for several reasons: * Cyst formation * Inadequate root canal therapy * Vertical root fractures * Foreign material in the lesion * Associated periodontal disease * Penetration of the maxillary sinus Following conventional, adequate root canal therapy, abscesses that do not heal or enlarge are often treated with surgery and filling the root tips; and will require a biopsy to evaluate the diagnosis.
Dental abscess
Periodontal abscess
Gingival cyst
Salivary gland fistula
Posthitis
Median mandibular cyst
Nasal fracture
Cuffitis