Dear Sir/Madam!
After my daughter's tooth was extracted, the dentist found a lot of secretions and yellow "round clusters" (drusen). I would like to know what this means, whether it is something serious and where she could have acquired this bacterium. She had severe pain and nothing helped, not even antibiotic treatment. The doctor said it was a bacterium that attacks bone. I kindly ask for your answer. Kind regards and thank you very much.

Dear Sir/Madam!

Judging from what you have written, I conclude that this is a more severe infection of the wound after tooth extraction. The bacteria present can be various types and may normally be constantly present in the oral cavity, or the wound may have become infected by an external pathogen, which can happen very quickly in the mouth. When the infection spreads to the surrounding bone, we speak of osteomyelitis. The wound will heal very slowly; the process is accompanied by pain, swollen lymph nodes and possibly an elevated body temperature. Treatment requires an additional surgical procedure (cleaning the wound) and antibiotic support, which may involve more than one course of medication. Targeted antibiotic therapy based on a wound swab is recommended (this allows us to act directly against the causative organism). For additional information, please make an appointment for an examination.

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