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Dental abscess germ causes rare carotid artery aneurysm

A 53-year-old woman was treated for a rare mycotic internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm that developed when a dental abscess-linked germ infected the artery, according to a case report published in ...
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‘I was on life support for seven days’: Woman gets tooth pulled. Then she has to have open-heart surgery

In a TikTok with over 691,000 views, content creator @thefinemethod shares her scary experience and encourages viewers to stay on top of their dental health. “If your tooth is hurting, go to the ...
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AI-based test diagnoses dental infection-related brain abscess

A pathogen detection test based on artificial intelligence (AI) was used to diagnose a patient's rare progressive brain abscess caused by a dental infection. Details were published on July 26 in a ...
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Man Had No Symptoms Suggesting His Cracked Tooth Was Infected. He Was Then Diagnosed with a Life-Threatening Brain Abscess

"It was bizarre because I had no pain or swelling in my mouth to tell me there was something wrong," Graham Bell said of his cracked tooth Graham Bell, 61, opened up about being diagnosed with a ...
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Man Had No Symptoms Suggesting His Cracked Tooth Was Infected. He Was Then Diagnosed with a Life-Threatening Brain Abscess

Graham Bell, 61, opened up about being diagnosed with a life-threatening brain abscess, which he contracted via a cracked tooth He wound up having a "life-saving brain surgery," after "a mass in [his] ...