ORIGIN OF INFECTION LOCATED AT THE LEVEL OF THE TOOTH
If a damaged or fractured tooth is not treated quickly, the tooth pulp necrosis and putrefies. The microbes then spread through the root with the risk of creating a localized abscess. Bacteria, by developing in bone, release toxins that cause destruction of bone tissue in the jaw and spread to the surrounding tissues.
Infection can then take indirect routes such as lymphatic or blood circulation.
– Lymphatic spread: the glands of the head and neck swell and become painful.
– Blood Propagation: Bacteria will gain another organ such as sinuses, eyes, heart, lungs or joints. They can then trigger pathologies on these organs, but also, and above all, aggravate pre-existing pathologies.