What is Ludwig's angina?
The other day I learned about a very particular and rather unpleasant case of a patient who ended up in hospital because of a dental infection that spread. Although this is an overly simplistic answer to a complex problem, of course, in the end the information retained by his relatives and close people who know about the case is [...]
I have a lump on my gum, what do I do now?
It is common, and quite normal, to receive patients who are worried because they have seen (and touched with their tongue) a strange lump on their gum that did not seem to be there yesterday. Depending on the characteristics of the lump, we can tell whether or not it is a cause for concern when we receive their phone call, although the most common thing is to [...]
