Symptoms
Swelling and Infection
An infection in the mouth can spread to the face, under the jaw and into the neck. These pages set out which swelling can be watched, which needs a dentist the same day and which means A&E.
Swelling and Infection
- Swelling Under the Jaw: Lymph Node or Salivary Gland?The signs that tell whether swelling under the jaw comes from a dental lymph node or a salivary gland stone, the meal test, and the symptoms counted as urgent.
- Facial Swelling: When Is a Dental Abscess Urgent?How facial swelling from a tooth runs its course, what spreading to the eye or neck means, which symptoms mean A&E, and where antibiotics fit in this picture.