Facial bone loss is even greater if there’s an abscess around the tooth. If you imagine your jawbone like a mountain shape, a tooth abscess leaves a shark-bite hole in the side of the bony ...

A skin abscess is a bump within or below the skin’s surface. It is usually full of pus, painful, and may feel thick and swollen. This is typically caused by a bacterial infection. A skin abscess ...

This kind of cyst contains cells that your body originally created for the formation of your teeth. An abscessed tooth is a bacterial infection that can form in different parts of your mouth.

It is worth asking his GP to check the swelling sometime in the next week to make sure it is not due to an infected cyst or abscess in his breast, which although not serious, may need a short ...