Management of sinistra buccal abscess caused by pulp gangrene: Penatalaksanaan abses bukalis sinistra yang disebabkan oleh gangren pulpa

Asty R. Bennu (Residen Bedah Mulut dan Maksillofasial Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universty Hasanuddin Makassar, Indonesia)
Abul Fauzi (Bedah Mulut dan Maksilofasial Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universty Hasanuddin Makassar, Indonesia)
Andi Tajrin (Bedah Mulut dan Maksilofasial Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universty Hasanuddin Makassar, Indonesia)

MDJ (Makassar Dental Journal)
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024): Volume 13 Issue 1 April 2024

This case report aims to discuss the management of a buccal abscess caused by a pulp gangrene tooth in a 29-year-old woman who came with complaints of swelling accompanied by pain in the left cheek which was felt 2 days ago before en-tering the hospital. The management in this case was by extracting the causative tooth, namely pulp gangrene tooth 36 and intra oral incision which was carried out by installing a drain at the intraoral incision. The results of this patient's treat-ment showed significant improvement where the patient no longer complained of pain and the swelling had begun to de-crease. It is concluded that abscess management should be done as early as possible to prevent the spread of infection.