Abscesses and Swelling

When you experience severe pain in your mouth, an abscess can be one of the reasons for it, when the pus drains out the area inside your mouth becomes even more swollen. Abscess does not take time to form inside the mouth and may take as minimal as two days to form after the infection.

When the area inside the mouth gets hurt, bacteria enter, which causes infection. To save the infection from spreading inside the body, an abscess forms, which creates a layer around the infection. An untreated abscess can cause severe dental problems.