An infected tooth can make you really ill especially if the tooth infection spreads and gets worse.
An infected tooth can cause a variety of health problems and even serious health problems that you can die from.
Some health issues that an infected tooth can cause are heart problems, heart attack, lung issues and brain issues.
Untreated tooth infections that get serious enough can also swell the tongue and or mouth and severely restrict your breathing.
The symptoms of a tooth infection spreading include earaches, jaw aches, persistent headaches, facial swelling, dizziness, high fever and chills.
Infected teeth can lead to blood poisoning and then lead to bacteria getting into the blood stream that leads to sepsis eventually.
Some teeth infections may resolve on their own and some teeth infections can get more serious and lead to other health issues including the sepsis as well as heart disease, heart attacks, strokes etc.
So if you have a tooth infection you need to have a dentist check it out if possible to make sure the tooth infection is not very serious.
Sometimes antibiotics can help stop the tooth infection and even gargling with some apple cider vinegar can help get rid of bacteria and help the tooth infection.
A dentist will pull out an infected tooth if the tooth really does need to be pulled out.
However if the infected tooth can be treated with antibiotics then the dentist will want to treat the infected tooth first and see if the tooth infection goes away.
Dentists today are very reluctant to pull teeth and will want to try to save the infected tooth first before pulling it.
Remember that your adult teeth are your permanent teeth and when you pull that tooth out you cannot grow another one back.
So it's best to try and save your real permanent teeth when you can.
But if the tooth really does need to be pulled out then the dentist will pull the infected tooth out.