🩺 Symptom Guide
Dental Pain / Facial Swelling
Assess urgently for dental abscess, spreading odontogenic infection, deep neck space infection, cellulitis, airway compromise, and severe systemic illness.
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Red flags
- Spreading facial swelling
- difficulty swallowing
- drooling
- trismus
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first if unwell
- assess airway immediately and look for swallowing difficulty, drooling, voice change, trismus, tongue or floor-of-mouth swelling, and respiratory distress
- record full vitals, pain severity, hydration status, and mental status
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- History, examination, and investigations
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