People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who ...

The primary treatment for a tooth abscess is always surgical: drainage, root canal, or extraction. Antibiotics alone cannot cure an abscess because they can’t remove the source of the infection.

To pull or not to pull is a common dilemma when patients have the potentially dangerous combination of abscessed teeth and the need for heart surgery. In such cases, problem teeth often are extracted ...

The UK is facing a deepening crisis in NHS dentistry, with some Brits pulling out their own teeth due to the inability to ...

An untreated tooth infection can spread to other tissues in your body within weeks or months and lead to potentially life threatening complications. While rare, it is possible for a tooth infection to ...

People are pulling their own teeth out due to lack of urgent NHS dental care - In September 2025, 10 per cent fewer adults had seen an NHS dentist in the past 24 months compared to 2019 ...