Ok so I had an infection some 25 years ago in upper right number 2 (when I was 15 years old) and had a procedure that I now know to be an Apicoectomy.

I remember on and off having a bubble on the gum, and in the last few months I felt some ache in that area. Visited the dentist and had x-rays to be told that I had an infection on the jaw bone and no alternative but to extract.

Had the extraction today - dentist said it was quite a bad infection but was "self contained in a ball" and all infection got removed.

The front bone was gone all together but the other 3 sides were good, and apparently I might be ready for implant in 6 weeks. They said no anti biotiocs required.

so - the only thing I am concerned about is that the infection is gone - can it all have been in a ball being sucked out?