Well besides the obvious, pain and distress it causes. The infection could very easily spread through the blood stream and you can become very ill. Better to get started on antibiotics, and when the infection is cleared have the tooth removed or fixed.
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Abscess is an extremely serious condition and if left untreated it could lead to life threatening conditions. Sometimes patients don't feel constant pain, there is a swelling and it hurts only when they apply pressure on it, and even in those situations abscess have to be treated. Check this video with very interesting info about abscess - http://www.checkdent.com/en/videos/tooth-abscess-9.html
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Could be an abscessed tooth Could be cancer. Go to a vet ASAP
If there is redness around the tooth and or swelling.
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Yes, an abscessed tooth often results in raised serum c reactive levels.
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use anemia
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the most common dental emergency
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Get the tooth fixed and the swelling will settle by itself.
yES IT CAN BECAUSE i AM CURRENTLY TAKING THIS ANTIBIOTIC FOR AN ABSCESSED TOOTH WHICH MY DENTIST PRESCRIBED