JamesSmith,

All root canaled teeth are chronically infected for the reasons I offered you in my first replhy. So irrelevant of what is done to that rc tooth, it will remain infected.

Pertaining to root canaled teeth, the ligament becomes inflamed when bacteria overwhelms the area. Other than extraction and removal of the ligament, there is no way to alter this once it has happened. If the tooth were perforated during the rc procedure, the bacterial contamination to the jaw bone from the perforation is not repairable. The only cure is to extract the tooth and remove all of the diseased tissue, ligament and infected bone.

I am sorry to deliver this news to you. If you are curious about learning up to date information about this topic ... buy the book The Toxic Tooth by Dr Robert Kulacz.

Bryanna