Originally Posted by youngatart

hi Bryanna,

Got back from seeing my OS and indeed those were bone slivers. He offered to remove them but I opted to let them work there way out naturally.

He also did a pan x-ray today which is the 2 month mark since the extraction. Attached are the results, not much of a difference if you ask me.
Upon zooming in he thought he saw some "honeycomb" of bone filling in. Wish I would have looked at it closer then, the copy I have doesn't seem to allow that level of zoom.
He said that at the very least it has "not gotten worse", which is a good thing I suppose... Perhaps I should have waited the full 3 - 4 months to get the x-ray then I might have seen a more noticeable improvement.

Since there doesn't seem to be additional bone loss does that mean the infection is gone?

Should I get a follow up x-ray 3 months from now? My OS said he didn't feel I needed anymore x-rays of the area that the infection was resolved in his opinion.

Thank you once again

J