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What are the negative effects of prolongued tooth infection?
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Infection: Delay of treatment will cause pain, swelling, fever, and loss of tooth. Untreated tooth infection can also be life threatening.
Answered 3/22/2020
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Life threatening : Unresolved tooth infection can be life threatening. Bacteria and their harmful byproducts can spread to other parts of the body and cause infection and disease. A young boy in maryland died recently from a tooth abscess that spread to his brain.
Answered 1/5/2019
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