Hi sickofit,

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. I come here whenever I can and I've been really busy today. Thanks for being patient. I am going to re-post some of your thread and answer you in bold type.

<<<last october 1st i had a normal back tooth out>>>

IF THE TOOTH WAS NORMAL WHY DID YOU HAVE IT REMOVED? WAS IT ROOT CANALED OR BADLY DECAYED?

<<< he drilled it in half to get it out, it didn't seems like there were any problems getting it out and i thought it went smoothly, he cracked the filling in the next tooth aswell and instead of replacing that filling he went over it with more filling. i got dry socket which lasted 5 months, yes, 5 months!>>>

IT IS COMMON FOR A TOOTH TO BE DRILLED IN HALF OR IN SECTIONS PRIOR TO REMOVING IT. THIS CAN MAKE THE EXTRACTION LESS TRAUMATIC TO THE JAW AND REMOVAL CAN BE EASIER. DID HE TELL YOU HE CRACKED THE FILLING IN THE ADJACENT TOOTH? DID HE ADD SOME FILLING MATERIAL AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE? IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WISE TO DRILL INTO THAT ADJACENT TOOTH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OTHER ONE WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THE SPRAY FROM THE DRILL AND BACTERIA ON THE TOOTH WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN INFECTION IN THE NEW SOCKET.

<<<my dentist then was useless and didn't seem interested and refused to change the dry socket dressing after 2 times, which anyone who's had dry socket knows that is the only relief, so all in all the packing had actually stayed in there for nearly 4 months until my toothbrush pulled it out.>>>

THE MEDICATED PACKING STAYED IN THE SOCKET FOR 4 MONTHS? THE HOLE STAYED OPEN FOR 4 MONTHS? THAT MUST BE ONE NASTY INFECTION BY NOW.

<<<this new dentist took all the xrays and said it looks like either a bit of root or a piece of filling has gone into the extraction site which is stopping it from healing, my guess is its bits of filling as some of it had crumbled off from the other tooth, so im at the hospital next week for that.>>>

WITHOUT AN XRAY I CANNOT COMMENT ON WHAT COULD STILL BE IN THAT SOCKET. I ASSUME YOU ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE INFECTION AND YOU ARE HAVING GENERAL ANESTHESIA?

<<<meanwhile, over the other side of my mouth i have teethache, one we think is a fracture which my new dentist has asked the hospital to extract while they sort out the other extraction site, plus he has asked them to look at my impacted wisdom teeth to see if they need pulling.>>>

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A MULTITUDE OF DENTAL PROBLEMS. HAVE YOU HAD REGULAR DENTAL CARE OR ARE DO YOU BASICALLY GO TO THE DENTIST WHEN YOU HAVE AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM? IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA, IT IS PROBABLY BEST TO HAVE ALL OF THE EXTRACTIONS DONE AT THE SAME TIME.... TO AVOID GOING UNDER THE ANESTHESIA AGAIN AT ANOTHER TIME.

<<<now i have another problem i had a root canal years ago and now im getting pain from that!! i just don't know what to do anymore, i've really had enough that its one after the other, i am going to ask the hospital if they can do something about the root canal tooth. my question is, why are most of my teeth doing this? ive had nothing but problems since i had my tooth pulled last year and why does the old root canal hurt? and what is the best relief from toothache please.>>>

THERE IS NO PERMANENT RELIEF FROM THE PAIN OF AN INFECTED TOOTH AND YOUR ROOT CANALED TOOTH IS INFECTED BECAUSE THE MANY HUNDREDS OF ACCESSORY CANALS CANNOT BE CLEANED OUT SO THEY WILL ALWAYS CONTAIN NECROTIC NERVE TISSUE AND BE UNHEALTHY. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER REMOVING THIS RC TOOTH AT THE SAME TIME AS THE OTHER ORAL SURGERY.