How to treat tooth infection at home?

What is a Tooth Abscess?

An abscess is a pus filled swelling that is highly alkaline in nature. It is composed of white blood cells that have sacrificed themselves to capture dead material in order to expel it outside of the bloodstream. The swelling in your gum is a result of your body’s protective mechanism functioning well. I have talked with people who have had pus draining abscess for years. Although I don’t recommend leaving an untreated abscess, if the pus is draining okay and it isn’t getting bigger, it means your body is protecting itself. The bone around the infection may be slowly deteriorating. The pus protective mechanism is capturing debris that is entering into your body from the mouth via the tooth or gum and then it traps it. The inflammation protects your body from the debris entering your blood stream. The pus swelling then spits the debris back out into your mouth through the pus filled blister. A dental abscess is the same as tooth or gum infection.

There are two types of abscess. One is an abscess which is purely a condition of the gums. Deep gum pockets or an injury to your gums causes a pus filled swelling. The other is a apical tooth abscess also known as a periapical abscess. This is the condition seen in the picture. It is an inflammation response of your body where an abscess forms around the tooth root.

What Causes an Abscess

An abscess is caused because you have a cavity. A cavity is a breach in the protective layer of your tooth, the enamel. If you got dirt on an exposed cut on your skin, it might become inflamed or infected. If the outer layer of your teeth are decayed, cracked or otherwise damaged (what is known as tooth decay), then food, saliva, and other substances from your mouth can enter into your tooth where it is not supposed to be. The body then sends a signal through your nervous system (tooth pain) to let you know that something is wrong, and that you need to change your habits immediately.

Abscessed Teeth are not Caused by Bacteria but By You

Modern dentistry has a theory which is not accurate. Dentists will claim that bacteria is the cause of tooth decay and your dental infection. The abscess is caused by the body trying to rid itself of harmful bacteria.

I have some good news and bad news for you about bacteria and tooth abscess. Bacteria don’t cause the tooth abscess (good news). You caused the tooth abscess (bad news). But the bad news is really good news. Because if you can cause your tooth abscess, then you can uncause (heal) your tooth abscess. If bacteria cause your abscess then you cannot do much to heal it other than to take an anti-life remedy that we call antibiotics. (Biotic meaning living, and anti meaning against).

The same life forms that are supposed to cause tooth decay are also known to be beneficial or benign bacteria in our gut. These include streptococcus and lactobacillus. It does not make sense to say that in our intestines we need these bacteria, but that in our mouth, these bacteria cause decay.

Tooth Decay and Lifestyle

Daily our teeth go through a process of mineralization, and demineralization. Each meal we eat will help us build strong teeth and bones, or remove the strength of our teeth and bones.

If you have a tooth abscess, mouth abscess or gum abscess then lifestyle habits have caused more demineralization (loss of tooth minerals) than remineralization (building and strengthening of tooth and bone.)

Abscessed Teeth That Have Already Have Had Dental Treatments

Many times the infected tooth already has had a dental treatment. You can get into an interesting discussion with your dentist if you ask why the previous dental procedure did not prevent this painful tooth abscess. After all, isn’t that the point of dental procedures? The reason why dental procedures in the past did not protect against the infection is because the cause of the tooth decay (your diet and lifestyle) was never addressed. So your tooth kept decaying. Teeth with previous dental treatments that have abscessed may need extra attention and may need replacement fillings or other dental treatments. Don’t be shy of having a beaten up tooth looked at by a dentist.

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