Your teeth may hurt due to a tooth fracture, cavity, broken filling, or an abscess in your mouth. Grinding or clenching your teeth at night may also cause tooth pain. Getting a sinus infection can ...

Having a toothache doesn’t exactly send one running for the emergency room. But had Mike Louisor let a recent sharp pain in his gums go much longer this past Father’s Day, he would have been dead ...

It is Sunday morning, your molar is throbbing, and your dentist is nowhere to be found. Do you ride it out, head to urgent care, or make a beeline for the ER? Emergency physician Jeffrey Druck, MD, ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...