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How do you tell the difference between a wisdom tooth or dental abscess?
11 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
See dentist: This is not a distinction you should try to make yourself. In either case it will require intervention and a good professional opinion is in order.
Answered 9/30/2020
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See a dentist: Either way you need a dentist and that is their job to figure it out for you. A wisdom tooth can abcess so it could be both. Just so see a dentist and get it resolved.
Answered 8/17/2012
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Need to be seen: A wisdom tooth is a dental structure and and an abscess associated with a wisdom tooth is a dental abscess. A clinical examination with the appropriate x-rays will determine if the abscess is related to a wisdom tooth or possibly to another source.
Answered 10/27/2016
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