which is a pocket of pus near the tooth that’s caused by an infection. One type, called a periapical tooth abscess, forms at the tip of your tooth’s root. Dental plaque is constantly forming ...

However, the role of IL-1 in periapical lesions characterized by periapical bone destruction in primary teeth has not yet been fully elucidated. This study aimed to detect the distribution and ...

Dental X-rays can determine whether inflammation ... as no abnormal buildup of calcium on the root canal and no signs of periapical radiolucency (a hole in the bone caused by inflammation under ...

Acute periapical abscesses (PAs) may occur more often in patients with periodontal disease (PD) than in those without the disease, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dental ...

We harvested chronic periapical periodontitis clinical samples from 106 patients, including 50 boys and 56 girls. Age, sex, and the different pathological types of chronic periapical lesions are ...