Dental Health : Can You Pop an Abscessed Tooth?

While an abscess can be popped to help drain some of the infection, it does not eliminate the infection completely. Discover how dentists can eliminate an abscess from its origin with tips from a dentist in this free video on dental health and oral hygiene.

Expert: Dr. Mike Glasmeier
Contact: www.nashvillefirstimpressions.net
Bio: Dr. Mike Glasmeier is a member of the American Dental Association.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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Tags:

• dentistry
• dental health
• dental care
• dental service
• tooth
• teeth
• dental hygiene
• dentists
• oral care
• oral health
• oral hygiene
• toothbrushes
• cavities
• cavity
• flossing
• abscessed tooth
• gum disease
• gingivitis

[Exesta]

mine just popped which is why im on this link now, literally about 3 hours 3 hours after taking my 1st antibiotic, i got gum swelling and just now has it burst releasing all the crap.

[bamfbiscuit]

this is SO DUMB! don't ever pop it on your own!! bacteria can go down to your lungs or close your airway, and who knows if you hit a blood vessel. I'm not even a dentist and this is common sense to me.

[jayjacobson14]

If this guy ever had a whole career in music and a large discography, his Greatest Hits CD would be called Collection of Infection.

[SUPERIRAQIII]

@ilovegorjuss go to doctor he will remove it by minor surgery .

[ilovegorjuss]

I had a abscess on my gum about a year ago it was really painful and swelled up i went to the dentist and they gave me these horrible antibiotics and this drink which made my mouth feel funny the lump never went away but the pain was released it looks horrible and now it the last day or so i have found an abscess on the other side of my mouth it really hurts i have this horrible habbit where i just want to press it down i'm not sure why and i don't know what to do!

What shall i do? please help!

[kiddtard]

@bamfbiscuit hmmm believe you or the dentist hmmmmm

[19duhart]

@bamfbiscuit no its not dumb its better then being in pain i pop my own everytime i get one

[Jopo1226]

@Guitarisma then why the hell is there refused treatment on teeth? Some people don't want their teeth to be pulled and be left with a gummed mouth. I mean we are in a polite society where your smile won't prevent you from getting a lover or a job are we?

[bbthecool]

@bamfbiscuit you dont drink the puss, squish it out.

[finkle1874]

i had an absess on my upper left mouth, it wasnt painful.

yesterday, it was applying some pressure to it...heard a popping noise, and the absess started to shrink

here's the weird part, even though the absess shrunk, there was no sign of the drainage. a few hours later my heart started to race and i felt dizzy.

is it possible that the absess drained backwards through a cavitity, and into my blood stream? thanks

[phuturephunk]

My just popped accidentally around 5 minutes ago. I'm freaked out now because I can't get to the dentist!

[johnnybizzy]

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