What is a periapical abscess? A periapical abscess is a pocket of infection (pus) around your tooth root. This type of abscess forms when harmful bacteria from your mouth invade your tooth pulp. (This can happen if you have a cavity or a crack in your tooth.)

the tooth usually needs extraction. or a root canal treatment.

here the tooth was already root canal treated-so we had to carefully extract it.

we had to split the tooth into 2 halves and then extract it. wait for the extraction site to heal for 2 moths and plan the implant. 

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