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Could abscessed tooth cause spinal damage?
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Possibley: Under rare circumstances, an abscess in one part of the body can spread to another part. The spinal damage would have to be related to infection in the spine from the same bacteria that caused the dental abscess.
Answered 1/13/2014
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