How is a dental abscess treated?

Abscess: A dental abscess is an infection that has reached the nerve and therefore the infected nerve must be treated and removed by endodontic procedure(root canal therapy). Your dentist may also prescribe an adjunt antibiotic treatment.

Two possibilities : When you have an abscessed tooth you can have a root canal or an extraction. There are no other treatments.

Depends: Treatment is dependent upon the cause of the abscess. A dental abscess can be related to an infected nerve inside the tooth or an infection of the gums or a periodontal infection. The tooth abscess may be treated with antibiotics, root canal or extraction of the tooth. The gum abscess may be treated with antibiotics and removal of the offending source.

Semantics: If you mean solved, it means getting to the source of the problem and eliminating it via root canal, extraction, or periodontal treatment, depending on the cause. If you mean reducing the symptoms temporarily, that involves antibiotics. It may be that antibiotics are an essential part of definitive treatment, but in and of themselves, benefits are typically temporary.

All infections-: In order to treat any infection, two things are necessary: one must remove the cause of the infection and also use antibiotics to control it as well as prevent the spread of the infection. Specifically regarding treatment, that depends upon the cause (nerve, gums, bone) --> root canal therapy? Extraction? Periodontal treatment? Incision and drainage? Surgery? Curettage? Etc.