are mouth infections,serious or can they be fatal?

Question

i wen't to dentist,to get lower gum's cut down to have my denture's fit good.i wen't back to dentist he had oral surgeon come in,they said for some reason i was full of infection&swollen&my infection had moved to my tongue&had puss.it was so painfull,i haven't been able to wear my teeth on the bottom,yet!!

Answer 1

Yes, infections of the mouth are serious, and sometimes they can be fatal. An abscess or an infection is pus. Pus growing in your gums or in your jaw bones and then escaping out into your body is not exactly healthy. It is loaded with bacteria and your own bodies white blood cells. So yes, the bacteria getting into your body can have serious consequences. The worst is when the infection spreads to your brain. This is called Ludwig's Angina. People die every year from infections that originated in the mouth.

Answer 2

well yes mouth infections can proove fatal ,infection can be in any form like abscess , space infections --there are various spaces involved in oral cavity like massetric,parotid,submandibular etc and the most commom infection of these glands leads to a condition called ludwigs angina which has lead to death in many cases and its an emergency and there are various glands in oral cavity like salivary glands like parotid ,summandibular , sublingual and various minor glands which can get infected and the infections can reach to mediastinium and leads to a condition called mediastinitis which can proove to be serious, the infection may even spread to brain and can lead to infection of meninges called meningitis and most commonly thrombosis in sinus - cavernous sinus thrombosis.