Stacy,
You explained p.e.r.f.e.c.t.l.y
what a root canaled tooth is and how it causes further damage in the tissue and bone that it sits in.........
<<the body DOES NOT retain dead material. If a cell dies, the other cells destroy it. Tissue that is not destroyed (ROOT CANALED TEETH) becomes necrotic and that spreads, killing other tissue. You get the picture. Trying to retain a dead tooth just leads to more problems over time.>>
I am so glad your extraction went well and SO glad to have you here! We can use all the support on this subject that we can get..... thank you so much!!!!!
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by flygirl7
....you go to an oral surgeon. I mean an MD/DDS who does this stuff all the time. I had a molar removed today that on panoramic looked like it ended in the sinus (super long roots). It had had a root canal and I was having sinus pressure again localized around that tooth, so I felt it wasn't safe to keep any longer.
I was very nervous, but Ginnie and Bryanna talked me into doing the right thing, which was extraction of a dead, rotting tooth in my head, near my brain! I will later get an implant, but this is step one.
I was talking to my neighbor, a nurse, and I"m a pharmacist, and we know that How much time? I don't know, depends on the person and their general health, but why take that risk?
So it's not uncommon to have a tooth root near a sinus, but the person to deal with this is an oral surgeon, not a regular dentist. Then you should have no concerns about the procedure.
Good luck!!
Stacy
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