Tom,
You are very welcome!! I just realized I referred to you as teapotts on a previous post!! Ha Ha!! My fingers cannot type as fast as my mind thinks sometimes
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Of course you made the right decision! Never is an apicoectomy a cure for an infected tooth..... never as in never. The oral surgeon figured he'd give you one last shot at being positive about your decision to remove it because from a legal standpoint... dentists are suppose to offer you all options and then they hope that you choose the one that is in your best interest.
I am not surprised there was a lot of infection in the bone under the tooth.... there always is with root canaled teeth. You were brave to do this with local anesthetic and it worked out okay!!
Thanks for posting the pictures... they tell the story.
Keflex is a strong antibiotic which indicates the degree and depth of the infection. Did he say there was any sinus involvement?
Thanks again for being so open to the information that I have given you. Hopefully you will start to feel better soon
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by threeputt
I made the one hour drive to the oral surgeon this morning. I got into his office and they suggested being the tooth looks so good and strong I have an
Apicoectomy. I asked him what the success rate was on that and he of course said about 50/50. He said if it did not work he would pull the tooth for free. For some reason they wanted to save this tooth. I told them it did not work in 1968 and to give me the shot and jerk it out. He said no problem. It was a piece of cake and only $140 out of my pocket. Now when he got through cleaning the infection and looking good at the where the tooth was inside my mouth he said Tom, you made the right choice. He said the Apico would not have worked . There was still lots of infection under that tooth. Right now I have a little pain but they give me something for that. I am also on Keflex. I hope there is a end to all these antibiotic's. I am taking it easy today. Bryanna, if it had not been for you they would have talked me into the Apico thing. Again I want to thank you for your expert advice. I owe you greatly.
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