Getting a tooth extraction done is a big type of surgery. A patient will have to be administered local anesthesia in order for a dentist to perform a procedure that involves tooth extraction. Land O Lakes residents might be under the impressions that the soreness after the surgery is the worst part about getting a tooth pulled, but the worst part is not always what happens to all patients. It is possible that an infection may come about as the result of a tooth extraction procedure. Most of the time it is because of the own doing of a patient, but sometimes an infection can form even without a person doing something wrong.
Mouth Infections
One potential complication of a tooth extraction procedure that people should become familiar with is an infection of the mouth. This is because during a procedure that involves tooth extraction, Land O Lakes patients can have bacteria enter their body which can make them sick and have other oral issues to deal with. Like most infections, the type of infection that can develop after a tooth extraction makes people have a fever and make them feel fatigued. Along with those symptoms their mouth infection could leave certain parts of their mouth with swelling or tenderness, as well as having bad breath or a sour taste in their mouth.
Bone Infections
Even though an infection is not common with tooth extraction, Land O Lakes one of the more uncommon infections that can develop as the result of a recent tooth removal is a bone infection known as osteomyelitis. This is often caused by a mouth infection that spreads to the bones in the mouth, most commonly the ones that were exposed and worked on with the tooth extraction procedure. Like a mouth infection a bone infection has similar symptoms where people have a mouth infection, where they have a fever, swelling or tenderness in one or more areas of their mouth.
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