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Yes it can. In addition to this, and dependingon the infection, other organs including the heart can be attacked and damaged permanently. If the tooth is infected, I strongly recommend you see a dental professional about treating this. If you have a temperature over 99F (resultant from the infection), you might even consider going to an Emergency Room.
What else can I help you with?
Can an infected tooth cause leg pains?
No, infected teeth cannot cause leg pain. However, it is possible for an infected tooth to cause sepsis, or whole body infection, that would not only cause pain in distant sites, but is life threatening.
Can the back tooth cause swelling at the back of the head?
A back tooth can cause swelling at the back of the head. This is especially true if your back tooth is infected.
Does cracked tooth cause swelling on jaw?
tender tooth with swelling jaw means infection?
Can an infection in the tooth move to other areas of the mouth?
Can infected tooth can infect nearby teeth and cause pain to shoot to other parts of your mouth.
Ice for infected tooth?
Actually if your tooth is infected you should not use warmth only cold. Heat can cause the infection to spread making your problem much worse. Especially do not use warmth if you are experiencing bleeding or swelling. The above answer is correct not to apply cold directly to your tooth. And you can most definitely visit any emergency room for medication. Infected teeth are very serious and could cause very serious problems.
Could really bad tooth pain cause an up set stomach?
Bad mouth hygine (including bad teeth) by putting fingers/unclean objects into your mouth you are enabling bacteria to enter your body and grow.
Can getting a tooth pulled cause blood poisoning if it was badly infected?
Every infect, which will go into the blood circulation, may cause blood poisoning.
Can you pull a infected tooth?
Have the dentist do it!
Can wisdom teeth cause problems like persistent pressure in the head and ear problems like fullness and crackling when swallowing?
Yes, if the tooth is infected it can cause swelling in the jaw joint, it can also cause the same swelling if the tooth keeps extending and rectracting
Can tooth infection cause eye problems?
If the infection spreads that far, yes, it certainly can.
Can an infected tooth cause lymph nodes to swell?
Yes. I had an abscess last month and it can in fact make your lymph nodes swell.
Could an infected tooth that is not abscessed but needs a root canal kill you if not treated quickly?
It is unlikely that you will die from an infected tooth. If it abscesses, you may wish you were dead. Having said that, yes it is extremely remotely possible that you could die from an untreated infected tooth.
