Hi pmaltby,

FYI... I am in the dental field and I agree with your dentist.... you need to see an oral surgeon for BOTH problems ASAP. The photos show a severe infection with that broken tooth as well as in the area where the piece of tooth is embedded under the gum. Both of these infections are serious and will spread beyond this area, please do not wait to have this taken care of.

Let us know how you're doing...
Bryanna








QUOTE=pmaltby3486;911802]Hi my name is Paige and have been having severe teeth problems for years nowbut am deathly afraid of extractions or having a root canal etc. My pain wss so excruciating last year that i finally went and had three teeth extracted. I only did the bare necessity.,knowing that eventually i wouldneed two upper molars removed also.Welllll its that time!!!! So my upper left wisdom tooth has been broken for prob almost two years but no pain was involved so i ignored it. Over time it chipped away and decayed more and more to the point where one randomday i woke up in excruciating pain all over again. Unable to eat and hardly speak because my cheek just rubs into yhe open decayed tooyh. The whole front side is rotted up to the gum. And for some reason it is triggering pain in other frontsl upper/lower teeth. Does that mean its s nerve exposed or damaged? Anyway. So i finally suck it up and attempt to have it extracted and dr tells me he cant do it because theres not enough tooyh for him to grip to pull it and thst the only possibility is an oral surgeon and thst theyll need to cut it out. Does this sound right? And he says it needs immediate attention. He also noted that the gum of the tooth in front of it that fell out on its own has left over root that needs to aldo be removed. This tooyh fell ouy over two years ago and healed fine. I have no pain whatsoever in relation to the leftover root. Is it necessary to alsohave that removed? I have the dental pictures of the area from my appt today in my email. I have o loaded them so someone could give an opinion? Thank you![/QUOTE]