http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17372104/
A 12 year old boys dies from a bad tooth that the infection spread to his brain.
A 12 year old boys dies from a bad tooth that the infection spread to his brain.
Sad just sad
- Thread starter Jade4u
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Before modern dentistry and antibiotics this was a common cause of death among young people. But lacking the resources to make an $80 visit to the dentist in this day and age is just ludicrous. That mother was obviously destitute but she had the resources to somehow make the appointment. I suspect some ignorance of the importance of this medical need was a factor.
WhaWhaWha said:
Yep, when examining mummies from ancient Egypt scientists/archaeologists have found that many of them had dental abcesses - probably the cause of death for some of them (from infection). Up until fairly recently, this kind of thing used to happen all the time but should not happen today - very sad indeed!
